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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 Clair-Mel City (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 Clair-Mel City. 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 and doctors 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.

Clair-Mel City is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Clair-Mel City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.
    • Palm River Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Palm River Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Village
    • Palm River
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Palm River is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River
    • Palm River Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Palm River Estates is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Estates
    • Silva City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Silva City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva City
    • Progress Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Progress Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress Village
    • Maudot Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Maudot Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maudot Village
    • Brandon Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Brandon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon Village
    • Central Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Central Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
    • Montana City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Montana City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana City
    • Ybor City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
    • Bloomingdale Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Bloomingdale Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale Village
    • Brandon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.
    • Parrish
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Duette
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Terra Ceia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellenton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Memphis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Palmetto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.
    • Land O' Lakes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Crystal Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Zephyrhills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Richland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Richland is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Saint Leo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Holiday
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.
    • Gandy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Feather Sound
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Oldsmar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • High Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Lealman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
    • Safety Harbor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Pinellas Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • South Highpoint
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Four Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Kenneth City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.
    • Nichols
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Willow Oak
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Winston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Medulla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Mulberry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Kathleen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands
    • Lakeland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Gibsonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
    • Brewster ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Brewster is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster

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

Cemeteries Near Clair-Mel City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clair-Mel City.

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 Clair-Mel City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.

  • Commemorative Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rodeph Sholom Cemetery is located in Tampa.
    • The Rodeph Sholom Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    • Tampa Jewish Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2500750 <2>
  • Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Centro Asturiano Cemetery
    • Centro Asturiano Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71836 <2>
  • Hillsboro Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Limona Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.
  • Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Espanol Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Centro Espanol Cemetery
    • Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71837 <2>
  • Hackney - Riverview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney - Riverview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hackney - Riverview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Hackney - Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hackney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72067 <2>
  • Serenity Meadows Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Rose Hill Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Rose Hills Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72535 <2>
  • Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Hill Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Myrtle Hill Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Myrtle Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72326 <2>
  • Continue List   (99 more) ...
    • Garden of Memories
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Memories
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garden of Memories is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Garden of Memories has also been known as:
      • Garden of Memories Cemetery
      • Tampa Garden of Memories Cemetery
      • Tampa Garden of Memories
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72022 <2>
    • The Home Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Home Cemetery
      • The Home Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Oakland Cemetery
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Clair-Mel City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clair-Mel City.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Clair-Mel City, with the one closest to Clair-Mel City listed first.

  • Limona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Ybor City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Brandon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mango
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tampa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
  • Seffner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Valrico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bloomingdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Thonotosassa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Tampa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Sydney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gulf City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
    • Plant City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Keysville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville

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

Newspapers Published in Clair-Mel City ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clair-Mel City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clair-Mel City, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clair-Mel City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Clair-Mel City:

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 Clair-Mel City, 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- Clair-Mel City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.