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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 Creekside Acres (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 Creekside Acres. 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 doctors and 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.

Creekside Acres 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 Creekside Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Creekside Acres:

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Creekside Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Creekside Acres, with the one closest to Creekside Acres listed first.
    • Parrish
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Parrish is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
    • West Plant City Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • West Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City Farms
    • West Plant City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • West Plant City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City
    • Woodfield Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Woodfield Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield Village
    • South Plant City Farms
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plant City Farms
    • Durant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sydney
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Run is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
    • Plant City Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Plant City Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City Heights
    • Plant City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Strawberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Village
    • Kings Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
    • Dover
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardee County
    • Bowling Green
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Creekside Acres, with the one closest to Creekside Acres listed first.
    • Duette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Parrish
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Creekside Acres, with the one closest to Creekside Acres listed first.
    • Crystal Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Zephyrhills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Richland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Richland is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Leo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (28 miles [45.1 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 <1>
    • Dade City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinellas County
    • Gandy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Creekside Acres, with the one closest to Creekside Acres listed first.
    • Willow Oak
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Nichols
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Winston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Medulla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Mulberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands
    • Lakeland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Kathleen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction
    • Eaton Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Crystal Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Gibsonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia

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

Cemeteries Near Creekside Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Creekside Acres.

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 Creekside Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hopewell Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lithia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Springhead Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Garden of Peace Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Blue Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Oak Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brandon Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little Alafia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • Prairie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Cemetery
      • The Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Bone Valley Cemetery
      • Fuller Heights Cemetery
      • Laurel Hill Cemetery
      • Shiloh Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72484 <2>
    • Mathews Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Limona Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.

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 Creekside Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Creekside Acres.

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

  • Sydney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Plant City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Valrico
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bloomingdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Keysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
  • Seffner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Brandon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Knights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
  • Limona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Keene
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
  • Mango
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Thonotosassa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kathleen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Creekside Acres:

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' (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- Creekside Acres) 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 Creekside Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.