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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 Cedar Hammock (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 Cedar Hammock. 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 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.

Cedar Hammock is located in Manatee 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 Manatee County: DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Polk & Sarasota.

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

  • Manatee County     (The home county of Cedar Hammock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hammock, with the one closest to Cedar Hammock listed first.
    • South Bradenton
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
    • West Samoset
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • West Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Samoset
    • Samoset
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • Bradenton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bayshore Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Bayshore Gardens is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore Gardens
    • Oneco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Palmetto
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • West Bradenton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
    • Whitfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Whitfield is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
    • Memphis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Palma Sola
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tallevast
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hammock, with the one closest to Cedar Hammock listed first.
    • Fort Dade ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Dade is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dade
    • Sun City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulf City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
    • Manatee Harbor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Manatee Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Harbor
    • Bayou Pass Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayou Pass Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pass Village
    • Park Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Park Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
    • Ruskin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Freedom Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Freedom Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
    • Montero Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Montero Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montero Village
    • Cypress Creek Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cypress Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek Village
    • Golf and Sea Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Golf and Sea Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf and Sea Village
    • Sun City Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Apollo Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hammock, with the one closest to Cedar Hammock listed first.
    • Tierra Verde
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Pete Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulfport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Saint Petersburg Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • South Pasadena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Pasadena is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pasadena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,067 people
    • Treasure Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Kenneth City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lealman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
    • Madeira Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinellas Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bay Pines
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gandy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
  • Sarasota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Hammock, with the one closest to Cedar Hammock listed first.
    • North Sarasota
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sarasota
    • Desoto Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Desoto Lakes is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto Lakes
    • Sarasota
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kensington Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kensington Park is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Park
    • The Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Meadows is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
    • Fruitville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinecraft
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Southgate
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Southgate is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate
    • South Sarasota
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • South Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sarasota
    • Sarasota Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sarasota Springs is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarasota Springs
    • Ridge Wood Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Ridge Wood Heights is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Wood Heights
    • Siesta Key
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • South Gate Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • South Gate Ridge is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Ridge

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Hammock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Hammock.

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 Cedar Hammock - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Manatee Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fogartyville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Adams & Rogers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams & Rogers Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams & Rogers Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bradenton.
    • The Adams & Rogers Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Adams Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989096 <2>
  • Major Adams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Skyway Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Palma Sola Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mansion Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Braden River Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Skyway Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Galilee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Palms Memorial Park Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Palms Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fortner Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Bradenton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Manatee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Manatee is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
  • Palmetto
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Palma Sola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Terra Ceia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Erie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Erie is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Rye
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Rye is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
  • Gulf City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
  • Port Tampa
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa

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

Newspapers Published in Cedar Hammock ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Hammock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Hammock, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Hammock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Cedar Hammock:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Hammock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Cedar Hammock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.