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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 Cousins Corner (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 Cousins Corner. 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 Cousins Corner ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Cousins Corner: Cousins Cor. (or less commonly used: Cousins Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Cousins Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cousins Corner may originally have been Cousin's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cousins Corner might be written as Cousin Corner.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Cousins Corner is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Cousins Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cousins Corner, with the one closest to Cousins Corner listed first.
    • Bay Hills Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Bay Hills Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hills Village
    • Thonotosassa
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Langshire Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Langshire Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langshire Village
    • Mango
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Seffner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Meadowood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Meadowood Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowood Village
    • Rustic Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rustic Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Village
    • Kingston City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingston City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston City
    • Lakeview Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
    • Dover
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Del Rio
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Del Rio is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
    • Temple Terrace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Terrace Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Terrace Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Village
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cousins Corner, with the one closest to Cousins Corner listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Spring Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cousins Corner, with the one closest to Cousins Corner listed first.
    • Crystal Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Zephyrhills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Richland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Richland is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Odessa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Leo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Dade City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Blanton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Blanton is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cousins Corner, with the one closest to Cousins Corner listed first.
    • Oldsmar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Gandy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • East Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Safety Harbor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Feather Sound
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • High Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • South Highpoint
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Lealman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
    • Pinellas Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunedin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Four Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Palm Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cousins Corner, with the one closest to Cousins Corner listed first.
    • Kathleen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Winston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Nichols
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Oak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Gibsonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
    • Lakeland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Medulla
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands
    • Mulberry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Combee Settlement
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Combee Settlement is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combee Settlement
    • Crystal Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Eaton Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Cousins Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cousins Corner.

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 Cousins Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Loving Care Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sunset Gardens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Limona Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rodeph Sholom Cemetery is located in Tampa.
    • The Rodeph Sholom Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    • Tampa Jewish Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2500750 <4>
  • Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Asturiano Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Centro Asturiano Cemetery
    • Centro Asturiano Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71836 <4>
  • Hillsboro Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Brandon Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Robles Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (115 more) ...
    • Rose Hill Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Rose Hill Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Rose Hills Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72535 <4>
    • Garden of Memories
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Memories
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garden of Memories is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Garden of Memories has also been known as:
      • Garden of Memories Cemetery
      • Tampa Garden of Memories Cemetery
      • Tampa Garden of Memories
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72022 <4>
    • Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Hill Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Hill Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Myrtle Hill Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Myrtle Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72326 <4>

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.<5>

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

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

  • Thonotosassa
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mango
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Seffner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Limona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Brandon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Valrico
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sydney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Knights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
  • Keene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
  • Ybor City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Plant City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tampa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <2>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bloomingdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Keysville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville

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

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 Cousins Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cousins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cousins Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.