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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 Creek (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 Creek. 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 Cross Creek ...

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 Cross Creek: Cross Crk. (or less commonly used: Cross Ck. or Cross Cr.)

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 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.

Cross Creek is located in Alachua 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 Alachua County: Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam & Union.

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

  • Alachua County     (The home county of Cross Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Creek, with the one closest to Cross Creek listed first.
    • Evinston
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lochloosa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Island Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Micanopy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hawthorne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Gainesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Melrose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Arredondo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
    • Earleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Rutledge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
    • Waldo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Archer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Creek, with the one closest to Cross Creek listed first.
    • Graham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Brooker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Creek, with the one closest to Cross Creek listed first.
    • Lake Geneva
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keystone Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Creek, with the one closest to Cross Creek listed first.
    • East Williston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Williston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
    • Raleigh
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
    • Williston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Morriston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Williston Highlands
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williston Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
    • East Bronson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
    • Bronson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Creek, with the one closest to Cross Creek listed first.
    • McIntosh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Citra
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Paynes Town ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paynes Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Town
      • Paynes Town is located in Marion County
    • Irvine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
    • Reddick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fairfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
    • Lowell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sparr
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Heijahs Town ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heijahs Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heijahs Town
      • Heijahs Town is located in Marion County
    • Orange Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Anthony
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Martin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Marion County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cross Creek, with the one closest to Cross Creek listed first.
    • Edgar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Keuka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keuka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
    • Interlachen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Putnam Hall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grandin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Florahome
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollister
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Welaka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Peniel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Satsuma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Cross Creek ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cross Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cross Creek, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cross Creek.

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 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 Creek:

Cemeteries Near Cross Creek ...

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

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

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

  • Center Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Hill Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive AME Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tompkins Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tompkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tompkins Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72697 <5>
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71861 <5>
  • Carlton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Carlton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carlton Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Island Grove.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71823 <5>
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Willow Plant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Plant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Plant Cemetery
  • Citra Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Citra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Citra Cemetery
  • Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Micanopy.
    • The Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Haynes Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2280648 <5>
  • Millwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millwood Cemetery
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
  • Grove Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Park Cemetery
  • Continue List   (129 more) ...

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

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

  • Boardman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boardman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
    • Boardman is located in Marion County
  • Evinston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • McIntosh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Island Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lochloosa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Micanopy Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Micanopy Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micanopy Junction
    • Micanopy Junction is located in Alachua County
  • Orange Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Citra
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Millwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
    • Millwood is located in Marion County
  • Grove Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Grove Park is located in Alachua County
  • Micanopy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Reddick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rochelle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
      • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
    • Hawthorne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Flemington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flemington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
      • Flemington is located in Marion County

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

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

The official website for Alachua County: www.alachua-county.org/

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>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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cross Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4864, Longitude: -82.1651       In this case, the coordinates for Cross Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Cross Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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