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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cohowfoochee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cohowfoochee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cohowfoochee, please Contact Us.

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 Cohowfoochee (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 Cohowfoochee. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cohowfoochee is historic, it would have been located within present day Leon 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 Leon County: Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla, Grady (GA) & Thomas (GA).

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

  • Leon County     (The home county of Cohowfoochee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cohowfoochee, with the one closest to Cohowfoochee listed first.
    • Woodville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tallahassee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradfordville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bradfordville is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Capitola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ocklockonee is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
    • Iamonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Iamonia is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iamonia
  • Franklin County
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cohowfoochee, with the one closest to Cohowfoochee listed first.
    • Midway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Quincy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Douglas City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
    • Havana
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Greensboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gretna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
  • Jefferson County
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cohowfoochee, with the one closest to Cohowfoochee listed first.
    • Hosford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Telogia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Central City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Bristol
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cohowfoochee, with the one closest to Cohowfoochee listed first.
    • Crawfordville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wakulla Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sopchoppy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Saint Marks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Panacea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Decatur County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cohowfoochee, with the one closest to Cohowfoochee listed first.
    • Attapulgus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Faceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
  • Grady County (GA)

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

Cemeteries Near Cohowfoochee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cohowfoochee.

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 Cohowfoochee - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Braden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Russells Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Geddie Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Arran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Raker Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Duggar Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Southside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel UMC Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel UMC Cemetery
    • The Bethel UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bethel Church Cemetery
    • Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185852 <3>
  • Johnson - Moore Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pelt Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (116 more) ...
    • Harvey Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ferrell Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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.

While we didn't find Cohowfoochee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cohowfoochee.

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

  • Holland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Holland is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Bloxham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloxham is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloxham
  • Midway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Crawfordville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetumpka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
  • Smith Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
  • Woodville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Tallahassee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wakulla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Wakulla is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
  • Scotland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Scotland is located in Gadsden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
  • Quincy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Sopchoppy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Saint Marks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Newport is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Curtis Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill

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

Newspapers Published in Cohowfoochee ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cohowfoochee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cohowfoochee, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cohowfoochee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cohowfoochee:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cohowfoochee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cohowfoochee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.