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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 Cross Bayou (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 Cross Bayou. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Cross Bayou is located in Pinellas 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 Pinellas County: Hillsborough & Pasco.

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

  • Pinellas County     (The home county of Cross Bayou)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Bayou, with the one closest to Cross Bayou listed first.
    • Kenneth City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pinellas Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Seminole
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Four Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
    • South Highpoint
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Highpoint have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
    • Feather Sound
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • High Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
    • Baskin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baskin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskin
      • Baskin is located in Pinellas County
    • Largo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
      • Largo is located in Pinellas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,681 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Largo <1>
    • Lealman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lealman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
    • Bay Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Madeira Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Redington Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Bayou, with the one closest to Cross Bayou listed first.
    • Port Tampa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Tampa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
      • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Bayport Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayport Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
      • Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Bayside Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
      • Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Culbreath Bayou
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Bayou
      • Culbreath Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
    • Culbreath Isles
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Isles
      • Culbreath Isles is located in Hillsborough County
    • Holiday Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
      • Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Mecca City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mecca City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
      • Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Rocky Point Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Village
      • Rocky Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Barr City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barr City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr City
      • Barr City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Town 'n' Country
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town 'n' Country have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
      • Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
    • Twelve Oaks Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twelve Oaks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks Village
      • Twelve Oaks Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • West Waters Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Waters Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
      • West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Bungalow City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bungalow City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungalow City
      • Bungalow City is located in Hillsborough County
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Bayou, with the one closest to Cross Bayou listed first.
    • Terra Ceia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Anna Maria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Holmes Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Palma Sola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Memphis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
    • West Bradenton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Bradenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
      • West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
    • Palmetto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradenton Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bradenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Cortez
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ellenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Parrish
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Bradenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bradenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
      • South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Bayou, with the one closest to Cross Bayou listed first.
    • Holiday
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Trinity
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Beacon Square
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beacon Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
    • Elfers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • New Port Richey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Port Richey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasmine Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
    • Land O' Lakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Cross Bayou ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cross Bayou.

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 Cross Bayou covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Chapel Hill Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bay Pines National Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay Pines National Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay Pines National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Royal Palm North Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • The Garden Sanctuary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Garden Sanctuary
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Garden Sanctuary have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodlawn Memory Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Memory Gardens
    • The Woodlawn Memory Gardens has also been known as:
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Royal Palm South Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (60 more) ...
    • Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Serenity Gardens Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Anona.
      • The Serenity Gardens Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Moss Feaster Serenity Gardens
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72605 <4>
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McMullen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMullen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMullen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Port Tampa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Tampa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
  • Tampa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
  • Gulf City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
  • Ybor City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ybor City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
  • Keystone Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keystone Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
  • Terra Ceia
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Palma Sola
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Odessa
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Palmetto
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Manatee County
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
  • Bradenton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Ellenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Limona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
      • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Manatee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manatee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
      • Manatee is located in Manatee County

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

Newspapers Published in Cross Bayou ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cross Bayou.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cross Bayou, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cross Bayou.

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 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 Cross Bayou:

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

The official website for Pinellas County: www.pinellascounty.org/

The official website for State of Florida: https://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>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>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 Cross Bayou, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Bayou) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cross Bayou. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8578, Longitude: -82.7337       In this case, the coordinates for Cross Bayou have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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