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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 Connersville (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 Connersville. 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.

Connersville is located in Polk County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco & Sumter.

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Connersville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Connersville, with the one closest to Connersville listed first.
    • Roux Quarters ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roux Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roux Quarters
      • Roux Quarters is located in Polk County
    • Gordonville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
      • Gordonville is located in Polk County
    • Cox Corner ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Corner
      • Cox Corner is located in Polk County
    • Lake Garfield
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Garfield
      • Lake Garfield is located in Polk County
    • Bartow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wahneta
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta
      • Wahneta is located in Polk County
    • Armour ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Armour. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
      • Armour is located in Polk County
    • Lyle Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle Corner
      • Lyle Corner is located in Polk County
    • Eagle Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Alturas
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eloise
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Homeland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hardee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Connersville, with the one closest to Connersville listed first.
    • Bowling Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Wauchula
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Zolfo Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Ona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Highlands County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Connersville, with the one closest to Connersville listed first.
    • Alpine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Alpine is located in Highlands County
    • Avon Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Connersville, with the one closest to Connersville listed first.
    • South Plant City Farms
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Plant City Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plant City Farms
      • South Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
    • Welcome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
      • Welcome is located in Hillsborough County
    • Colonial Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
      • Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Kings Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
      • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Parrish
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parrish have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
      • Parrish is located in Hillsborough County
    • Plant City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • West Plant City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Plant City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City
      • West Plant City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Woodfield Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfield Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield Village
      • Woodfield Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Cedar Run
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
      • Cedar Run is located in Hillsborough County
    • Lithia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pinecrest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Plant City Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plant City Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City Heights
      • Plant City Heights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Strawberry Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Village
      • Strawberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
  • Lake County
    • Four Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Manatee County
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Connersville, with the one closest to Connersville listed first.
    • Poinciana Place
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poinciana Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
    • Poinciana
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • ChampionsGate
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
    • Reunion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Intercession City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pasco County
    • Crystal Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County

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

Newspapers Published in Connersville ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Connersville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Connersville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Connersville.

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 Connersville:

Cemeteries Near Connersville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Connersville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Gandy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gandy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southwest of Bartow.
    • The Gandy Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Connersville Cemetery
    • Polk Lake Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gandy Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72018 <5>
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fortner Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fortner Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fortner Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Peace Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fortner Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2349899 <5>
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Palm Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wahneta Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Church of Christ Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Church of Christ Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Eagle Lake.
    • The Church of Christ Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Eagle Lake Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church of Christ Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71920 <5>
  • Shady Oaks Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glover Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Homeland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Crum - Durrance Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crum - Durrance Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Homeland.
    • The Crum - Durrance Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Crum Cemetery
    • Durrance Cemetery
    • Homeland Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crum - Durrance Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198368 <5>
  • Continue List   (78 more) ...
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Hill Burial Park
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<6>

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

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

  • Gordonville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
    • Gordonville is located in Polk County
  • Bartow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Wahneta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta
    • Wahneta is located in Polk County
  • Eagle Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Homeland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Winter Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburndale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fort Meade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lakeland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Haines City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bowling Green
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Keysville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
    • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Kathleen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Plant City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wauchula
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Connersville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.polk-county.net/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Connersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Connersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9083, Longitude: -81.7881    
<5>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.
<6>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 Connersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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