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 Coconut Grove (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 Coconut Grove. 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 Coconut Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Coconut Grove: Coconut Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Coconut Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coconut Grove.
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 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.
Coconut Grove is located in Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County: Broward, Collier & Monroe.
Below are the counties that are near Coconut Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coconut Grove:
- Miami-Dade County (The home county of Coconut Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coconut Grove, with the one closest to Coconut Grove listed first.
- Coral Gables
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Miami
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coral Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Terrace is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Terrace
- Ludlam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Miami
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,749 people
- Brickell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coral Way Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Way Village is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Way Village
- Gables by the Sea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gables by the Sea is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables by the Sea
- Gables by the Sea has also been known as:
- Coral Bay
- Pinecrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,006 people
- Pinecrest has also been known as:
- Pinecrest village
- Glenvar Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glenvar Heights is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvar Heights
- Key Biscayne
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Miami
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Broward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coconut Grove, with the one closest to Coconut Grove listed first.
- Lake Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lake Forest is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Miami Gardens
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
- Miramar
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- West Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
- Carver Ranches
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
- Pembroke Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Utopia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Utopia is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Hallandale Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hallandale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hallandale is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallandale
- Pembroke Pines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hollywood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Hollywood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coconut Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Coconut Grove.
Cemeteries Near Coconut Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coconut Grove.
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 Coconut Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coconut Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coconut Grove, with the one closest to Coconut Grove listed first.
- Charlotte Jane Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Graceland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Star of David Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miami Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flagler Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miami City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miami City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Miami.
- The Miami City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Biscayne Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71852 <2>
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Evergreen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Woodlawn Park Cemetery South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinelawn Memorial
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Coconut Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coconut Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coconut Grove, with the one closest to Coconut Grove listed first.
- Miami
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Cutler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coconut Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coconut Grove.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Coconut Grove ...
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 271 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coconut Grove.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Coconut Grove. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Coconut Grove and those printed in the larger area surrounding Coconut Grove.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Coconut Grove.
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 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 Coconut Grove:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Miami-Dade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coconut Grove) 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 Coconut Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |