Our Genealogy Helper
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 Cypress 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 Cypress 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 Cypress 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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cypress Creek: Cypress Crk. (or less commonly used: Cypress Ck. or Cypress Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cypress Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cypress Creek.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Cypress Creek is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Columbia, Madison, Suwannee, Echols (GA) & Lowndes (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Cypress Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cypress Creek:
- Hamilton County (The home county of Cypress Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Bakers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- White Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jennings
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Five Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Watertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- McColskey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McColskey is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
- Suwannee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Rixford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rixford is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Live Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wellborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Padlock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- Clinch County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Fargo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ernest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ernest is located in Clinch County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
- Chauncey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chauncey is located in Clinch County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
- Du Pont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Echols County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Echols County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
- Statenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Echols County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Howell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Howell is located in Echols County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Lanier County (GA)
- Stockton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowndes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Melrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lake Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dasher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dasher is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Naylor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cypress Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Cypress Creek.
Cemeteries Near Cypress Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cypress 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.
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 Cypress Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cypress Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Barton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barton Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southeast of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71757 <3>
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southeast of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2235576 <3>
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poole Pond Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- White Chimney Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nunn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Geiger Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nunn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peterson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (62 more) ...
- Swift Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Cypress Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cypress Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cypress Creek, with the one closest to Cypress Creek listed first.
- Bakers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tarver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tarver is located in Echols County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Avoca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- White Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Statenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rixford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rixford is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Jennings
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Suwannee Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Suwannee Valley is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee Valley
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Withers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Withers is located in Clinch County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
- Melrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Live Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cypress Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cypress Creek.
Newspapers Published in Cypress 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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cypress Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cypress Creek, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cypress 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 Cypress Creek:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Hamilton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Suwannee County
- Clinch County
- Echols County
- Lanier County
- Lowndes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cypress Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Cypress Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |