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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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bradenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
      • South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
    • West Samoset
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Samoset have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Samoset
      • West Samoset is located in Manatee County
    • Samoset
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Samoset have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
      • Samoset is located in Manatee County
    • Bradenton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bayshore Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayshore Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore Gardens
      • Bayshore Gardens is located in Manatee County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bradenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
      • West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
    • Whitfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
      • Whitfield is located in Manatee County
    • Memphis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
    • Palma Sola
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Dade. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dade
      • Fort Dade is located in Hillsborough County
    • Sun City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulf City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Manatee Harbor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Harbor
      • Manatee Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
    • Bayou Pass Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Pass Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pass Village
      • Bayou Pass Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Park Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
      • Park Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Ruskin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Freedom Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
      • Freedom Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Montero Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montero Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montero Village
      • Montero Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Cypress Creek Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek Village
      • Cypress Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Golf and Sea Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf and Sea Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf and Sea Village
      • Golf and Sea Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Sun City Center
      (22 miles [35.4 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Petersburg Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Petersburg Beach
      • Saint Petersburg Beach is located in Pinellas County
    • Saint Petersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • South Pasadena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Pasadena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pasadena
      • South Pasadena is located in Pinellas County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lealman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
    • 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)
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Sarasota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sarasota
      • North Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
    • Desoto Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desoto Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto Lakes
      • Desoto Lakes is located in Sarasota County
    • Sarasota
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kensington Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kensington Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Park
      • Kensington Park is located in Sarasota County
    • The Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
      • The Meadows is located in Sarasota County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southgate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate
      • Southgate is located in Sarasota County
    • South Sarasota
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Sarasota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sarasota
      • South Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
    • Sarasota Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sarasota Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarasota Springs
      • Sarasota Springs is located in Sarasota County
    • Ridge Wood Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Wood Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Wood Heights
      • Ridge Wood Heights is located in Sarasota County
    • Siesta Key
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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.

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 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)
  • Major Adams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Skyway Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skyway Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skyway Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palma Sola Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mansion Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mansion Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mansion Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Braden River Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Braden River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Braden River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Skyway Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skyway Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skyway Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palms Memorial Park Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palms Memorial Park Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Palms Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palms Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palms Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • 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.<7>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manatee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
    • Manatee is located in Manatee County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Manatee County
  • Rye
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Rye is located in Manatee County
  • Gulf City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
  • Port Tampa
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Tampa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County

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]<6>. 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cedar Hammock:

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

The official website for Manatee County: www.co.manatee.fl.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Hammock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Hammock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.4670, Longitude: -82.5832       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Hammock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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.




 

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