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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 Carrabelle Lighthouse (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 Carrabelle Lighthouse. 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 doctors and 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.

Carrabelle Lighthouse is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Gulf, Liberty & Wakulla.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Carrabelle Lighthouse)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrabelle Lighthouse, with the one closest to Carrabelle Lighthouse listed first.
    • Carrabelle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lanark Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastpoint
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Teresa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Apalachicola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bay City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
      • Bay City is located in Franklin County
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrabelle Lighthouse, with the one closest to Carrabelle Lighthouse listed first.
    • Sumatra
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Central City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrabelle Lighthouse, with the one closest to Carrabelle Lighthouse listed first.
    • Curtis Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
      • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
    • Sopchoppy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Panacea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Carrabelle Lighthouse ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carrabelle Lighthouse.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carrabelle Lighthouse, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carrabelle Lighthouse.

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 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 Carrabelle Lighthouse:

Cemeteries Near Carrabelle Lighthouse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carrabelle Lighthouse.

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 Carrabelle Lighthouse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Porters Bar Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porters Bar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porters Bar Cemetery
  • Eastpoint Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanborn McKenzie Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanborn McKenzie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanborn McKenzie Cemetery
  • Chestnut Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • West Sopchoppy Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Sopchoppy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Sopchoppy Cemetery
  • Brown & Smith Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown & Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown & Smith Cemetery
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
  • Panacea Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grimes Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grimes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grimes Cemetery
  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Park Cemetery
  • Smith Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Nixon Garden Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nixon Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nixon Garden Cemetery
    • Debra Nell Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Debra Nell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Debra Nell Cemetery
    • Council Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Council Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Council Cemetery

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>

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

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

  • Carrabelle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Teresa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Curtis Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
  • Apalachicola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sopchoppy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smith Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
    • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County

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

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

The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincountyflorida.com/

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

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 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.
<3>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- Carrabelle Lighthouse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carrabelle Lighthouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8274, Longitude: -84.7010       In this case, the coordinates for Carrabelle Lighthouse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Carrabelle Lighthouse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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