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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 Carlton Village (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 Carlton Village. 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.

Name Variations for Carlton Village ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Carlton Village: Carlton Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Carlton Village is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Carlton Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Village, with the one closest to Carlton Village listed first.
    • Lady Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Conant
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Conant is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
    • Fruitland Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Montclair
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Montclair is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
    • Lisbon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Orange Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange Bend is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
    • Leesburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Whitney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Whitney is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Silver Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Sunnyside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyside is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Bassville Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bassville Park is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville Park
    • Mid Florida Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mid Florida Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Florida Lakes
    • Grand Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Village, with the one closest to Carlton Village listed first.
    • Floral City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hernando
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Village, with the one closest to Carlton Village listed first.
    • Istachatta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nobleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Village, with the one closest to Carlton Village listed first.
    • Weirsdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastlake Weir
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ocklawaha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Candler
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Electra is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Belleview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Springs Shores
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Danks Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lynne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lynne is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynne
    • Silver Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocala
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
    • Anthony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Village, with the one closest to Carlton Village listed first.
    • Tangerine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Zellwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Plymouth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Apopka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
    • South Apopka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • South Apopka is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Apopka
    • Crown Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Point is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
    • Killarney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tildenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tildenville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Village, with the one closest to Carlton Village listed first.
    • The Villages
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
    • Orange Home
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Home is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
    • Oxford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Adamsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Adamsville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Coleman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sumterville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Center Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Bushnell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Webster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mabel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Mabel is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Wahoo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wahoo is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
  • Volusia County
    • Volusia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Volusia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia

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

Cemeteries Near Carlton Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlton Village.

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 Carlton Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lady Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Simpson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Stanton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ocklawaha Community Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Pine Level Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Marsh Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Crum Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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 Carlton Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carlton Village.

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

  • Lady Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Conant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Conant is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
  • Stanton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stanton is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
  • Fruitland Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Montclair
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Montclair is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
  • Orange Bend
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Bend is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
  • Lisbon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lisbon is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Bamboo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bamboo is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
  • Whitney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Whitney is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Leesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ocklawaha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lake Weir ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Weir is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Weir
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Orange Home
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Home is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
    • Oxford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Carlton Village ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlton Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlton Village, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlton Village.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Carlton Village:

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 Carlton Village, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carlton Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.