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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 Clay Landing (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 Clay Landing. 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 Clay Landing ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Clay Landing: Clay Lndg. (or less commonly used: Clay Lndng.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Clay Landing is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Saint Johns & Volusia.

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

  • Putnam County     (The home county of Clay Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay Landing, with the one closest to Clay Landing listed first.
    • Federal Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Bostwick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • East Palatka
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Palatka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • San Mateo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Peniel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • Satsuma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Nashua
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Nashua is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Hollister
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pomona Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Florahome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lake Como
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Alachua County
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay Landing, with the one closest to Clay Landing listed first.
    • Green Cove Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Penney Farms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Asbury Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Doctors Inlet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Geneva
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Middleburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Orange Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Keystone Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Kingsley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Kingsley Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay Landing, with the one closest to Clay Landing listed first.
    • Mandarin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Loretto
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay Landing, with the one closest to Clay Landing listed first.
    • Marineland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Palm Coast
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bunnell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Beverly Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay Landing, with the one closest to Clay Landing listed first.
    • Orange Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Salt Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Kerr City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clay Landing, with the one closest to Clay Landing listed first.
    • Tocoi
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Hastings
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Armstrong
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Elkton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Saint Augustine South
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Butler Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • Saint Augustine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescent Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Vilano Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruit Cove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Saint Johns
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Clay Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clay Landing.

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 Clay Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Putnam County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bakersville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Etonia Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Yelvington Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Palatka Memorial Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • San Mateo Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Little Ruth Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Peniel Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mei-Wun Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Bridgeport
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Federal Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
  • Tocoi
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
  • Bostwick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Teasdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Teasdale is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
  • Orange Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
  • Armstrong
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • West Tocoi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
  • East Palatka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Picolata
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
  • Palatka
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Yelvington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Yelvington is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lundy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lundy is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
    • San Mateo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Peniel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel

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

Newspapers Published in Clay Landing ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clay Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clay Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clay Landing.

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 Clay Landing:

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