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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Camps (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Camps. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Camps is located in Hernando County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hernando County: Citrus, Pasco & Sumter.

Below are the counties that are near Camps. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camps:

  • Hernando County     (The home county of Camps)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.
    • North Brooksville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • North Brooksville is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooksville
    • Brooksville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wiscon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
    • Ringgold ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Ringgold is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
    • South Brooksville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Brooksville is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
    • Brookridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookridge is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
    • Lake Lindsey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Lindsey is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lindsey
    • High Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Centralia ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Centralia is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
    • North Weeki Wachee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Weeki Wachee is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weeki Wachee
    • Hill 'n Dale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
    • Weeki Wachee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.
    • Sugarmill Woods
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sugarmill Woods is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarmill Woods
    • Mannfield ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
    • Floral City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Inverness
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Homosassa Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Homosassa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lecanto
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Citrus Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
    • Hernando
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Beverly Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.
    • Cannes Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
    • Cheval Wimbledon Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Cheval
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cheval is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheval
    • Florida Townsend Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Harbor Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Lake Brooker Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lake Brooker Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brooker Village
    • Lake Keen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
    • Lutz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Pebble Creek Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Pebble Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek Village
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.
    • Shady Hills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Blanton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanton is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
    • Trilby
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lacoochee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Moss Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Moss Town is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
    • Aripeka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • San Antonio
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
      • Former name for San Antonio:
      • Lake Jovita
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
    • Saint Leo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dade City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.
    • Bay Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
    • Wahoo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wahoo is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
    • Bucker Womans Town ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bucker Womans Town is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucker Womans Town
    • Bushnell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Tarrytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
    • Webster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Linden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Linden is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Sumterville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Center Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Coleman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mabel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Mabel is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camps, see our County-by-County Page for Camps.

Cemeteries Near Camps ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camps.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Camps - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camps covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.

  • Community Baptist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hope Hill Cemetery
    • The Hope Hill Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457068 <2>
  • Brooksville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Lindsey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • New Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stage Pond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Florida Hills Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • McGeachy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Long Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Masaryktown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • The Fountains Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Loyce Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Townsend House Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Camps in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camps.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Camps, with the one closest to Camps listed first.

  • Wiscon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
  • Brooksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Istachatta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bayport is located in Hernando County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport
  • Floral City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mannfield ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
  • Bay Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
  • Jessamine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jessamine is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessamine
  • Blanton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Blanton is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
  • Lacoochee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Catherine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Saint Catherine is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catherine
  • Inverness
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Homosassa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lecanto
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
      • Former name for San Antonio:
      • Lake Jovita
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camps. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camps.

Newspapers Published in Camps ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camps.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camps, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camps.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Camps:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Camps, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camps) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.