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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 Crescent Beach (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 Crescent Beach. 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 Crescent Beach ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Crescent Beach: Crescent Bch.

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 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.

Crescent Beach is located in Saint Johns 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 Saint Johns County: Clay, Duval, Flagler & Putnam.

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

  • Saint Johns County     (The home county of Crescent Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Beach, with the one closest to Crescent Beach listed first.
    • Butler Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
    • Saint Augustine South
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine South have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
    • Saint Augustine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elkton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Armstrong
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Vilano Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hastings
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Tocoi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Palm Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
    • Sawgrass
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawgrass have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
  • Clay County
    • Green Cove Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Beach, with the one closest to Crescent Beach listed first.
    • Marineland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Palm Coast
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Beverly Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Bunnell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Flagler Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Korona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korona
      • Korona is located in Flagler County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Beach, with the one closest to Crescent Beach listed first.
    • Federal Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • San Mateo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bostwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • East Palatka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Palatka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake Como
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peniel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peniel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
    • Pomona Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Satsuma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent City Station
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent City Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent City Station
      • Crescent City Station is located in Putnam County

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

Newspapers Published in Crescent Beach ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crescent Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crescent Beach, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crescent Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Crescent Beach:

Cemeteries Near Crescent Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crescent Beach.

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 Crescent Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Memorial Cemetery
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Craig Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Augustine.
    • The Craig Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <4>
  • St. Augustine National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Augustine National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine National Cemetery
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Lorenzo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Lorenzo Cemetery
  • Pellicer Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pellicer Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pellicer Creek Cemetery
  • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Augustine Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine Memorial Park
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
  • Espanola Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Yelvington Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yelvington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yelvington Cemetery
    • Bakersville Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bakersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bakersville Cemetery
    • Hope Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery

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

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

  • Moultrie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moultrie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
  • Anastasia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anastasia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
    • Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
  • Saint Augustine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Armstrong
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
  • Federal Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
  • Yelvington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yelvington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
    • Yelvington is located in Putnam County
  • Tocoi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
  • Bridgeport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
  • Orange Mills
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
  • East Palatka
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • San Mateo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Picolata
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picolata have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • West Tocoi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Tocoi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
      • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Bostwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Teasdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teasdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
      • Teasdale is located in Putnam County

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

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

The official website for Saint Johns County: www.co.st-johns.fl.us/

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

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 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Crescent Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crescent Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7707, Longitude: -81.2545    
<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 Crescent Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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