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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 Campville (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 Campville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Campville is located in Alachua County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alachua County: Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam & Union.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Campville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Waters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nelson - Starke Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nelson - Starke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nelson - Starke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Providence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grove Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Townsend Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Townsend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saluda Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saluda Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saluda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Saluda Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Saluda - Orange Heights Cemetery
  • First Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hawthorne Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ochwilla Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ochwilla Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ochwilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eliam Cemetery of Melrose Florida
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eliam Cemetery of Melrose Florida
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eliam Cemetery of Melrose Florida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (135 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Campville had a population of 252 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Orange Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights
    • Orange Heights is located in Alachua County
  • Windsor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Windsor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Windsor
    • From Campville to Windsor
  • Grove Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Grove Park is located in Alachua County
  • Hawthorne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Melrose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Earleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rochelle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rochelle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rochelle
    • From Campville to Rochelle
  • McMeekin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMeekin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMeekin
    • McMeekin is located in Putnam County
  • Waldo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fairbanks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairbanks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
    • Fairbanks is located in Alachua County
  • Lochloosa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Johnson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Johnson is located in Putnam County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Campville ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites 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 Campville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Campville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Alachua County: www.alachua-county.org/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Campville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Campville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Campville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6661, Longitude: -82.1183       In this case, the coordinates for Campville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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