Our Genealogy Helper
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 Sink (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 Sink. 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 southwest 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 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 Sink is located in Pasco 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 Pasco County: Hernando, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Clay Sink. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clay Sink:
- Pasco County (The home county of Clay Sink)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Lacoochee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moss Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moss Town is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
- Trilby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dade City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Saint Leo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- San Antonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Zephyrhills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Wesley Chapel South
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
- Wesley Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Citrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Floral City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Inverness Highlands South
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Inverness
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hernando County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Richloam ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richloam is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richloam
- Ridge Manor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hill 'n Dale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
- Spring Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Nobleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Istachatta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brooksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Brooksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Brooksville is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
- Lake Lindsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Lindsey is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lindsey
- North Brooksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Brooksville is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooksville
- Masaryktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wiscon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wiscon is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Kingston City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kingston City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston City
- Knights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Knights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Pebble Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek Village
- Lakeview Villas at Pebble Creek Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Florida Townsend Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Mascotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clermont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Minneola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mohawk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mohawk is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Okahumpka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waits Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Waits Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
- Ferndale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Howey-in-the-Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yalaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montclair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Montclair is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
- Leesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Killarney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tildenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tildenville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
- Winter Garden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bay Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bay Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Osceola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- ChampionsGate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
- Reunion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Fox Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fox Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Kathleen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Polk City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gibsonia is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
- Lakeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Acton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Acton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Combee Settlement
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Combee Settlement is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combee Settlement
- Winston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winston is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Tarrytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
- Linden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Bucker Womans Town ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bucker Womans Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucker Womans Town
- Webster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mabel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Center Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bushnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wahoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wahoo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Sumterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bay Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
- Lake Panasoffkee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Adamsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Adamsville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clay Sink, see our County-by-County Page for Clay Sink.
Cemeteries Near Clay Sink ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clay Sink.
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 Sink - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clay Sink covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Linden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trilby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Withlacoochee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stewart Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trilby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fender Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Pond Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dade City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Matchett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Floral Memory Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (88 more) ...
- Empire Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Sink in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clay Sink.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clay Sink, with the one closest to Clay Sink listed first.
- Tarrytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
- Linden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Lacoochee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Webster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Catherine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Catherine is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catherine
- Blanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Jessamine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jessamine is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessamine
- Ellerslie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerslie is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Bushnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Mascotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Leo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- San Antonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Green Pond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Pond is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Sumterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clay Sink. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clay Sink.
Newspapers Published in Clay Sink ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clay Sink.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clay Sink, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clay Sink.
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 helpful 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 Sink:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Pasco County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Citrus County
- Hernando County
- Hillsborough County
- Lake County
- Orange County
- Osceola County
- Polk County
- Sumter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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 Sink, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clay Sink) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |