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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 Dania (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 Dania. 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 doctors and 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.

Dania is located in Broward 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 Broward County: Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade & Palm Beach.

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

  • Broward County     (The home county of Dania)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dania, with the one closest to Dania listed first.
    • Dania Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Estates of Fort Lauderdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ravenswood Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenswood Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Estates
      • Ravenswood Estates is located in Broward County
    • Oak Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
      • Oak Point is located in Broward County
    • Chula Vista
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula Vista
      • Chula Vista is located in Broward County
    • Hacienda Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hacienda Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
      • Hacienda Village is located in Broward County
    • Hollywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chambers Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
      • Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
    • Edgewater
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
      • Edgewater is located in Broward County
    • Fort Lauderdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Broadview Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview Park
      • Broadview Park is located in Broward County
    • Fern Crest Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Crest Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
      • Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
    • Hallandale Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dania, with the one closest to Dania listed first.
    • Aventura
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Golden Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
      • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
    • Ives Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ives Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Ojus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Andover
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
    • North Miami Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sunny Isles Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Isles Beach
      • Sunny Isles Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,634 people
      • Sunny Isles Beach has also been known as:
      • Sunny Isles
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunny Isles Beach <1>
    • Lake Lucerne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Lucerne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Norland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Carol City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Miami Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Scott Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scott Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Bunche Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunche Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dania, with the one closest to Dania listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boca Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
    • Boca Del Mar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boca Del Mar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
    • Boca Raton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Boca West
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boca West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamptons at Boca Raton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons at Boca Raton
      • Hamptons at Boca Raton is located in Palm Beach County
    • Mission Bay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
    • Whisper Walk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whisper Walk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
    • Highland Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Kings Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
    • Delray Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • High Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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 Palm Beach County
    • Villages of Oriole
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villages of Oriole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villages of Oriole
      • Villages of Oriole is located in Palm Beach County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dania ...

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 Dania.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dania. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dania and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dania.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of Dania.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Dania:

Cemeteries Near Dania ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dania.

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

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

  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • 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
  • Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sharon Gardens Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Gardens Memorial Park
  • Lauderdale Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lauderdale Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lauderdale Memorial Park
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens
  • Hollywood Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Memorial Park
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens North have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
  • Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lauderdale Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
  • Washington Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Memorial Cemetery
  • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westlawn Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westlawn Memorial Gardens
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Southern Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southern Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southern Memorial Park
    • Dade Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dade Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dade Memorial Park
    • Miami Shores Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miami Shores Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miami Shores Memorial Park

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

  • Miami
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>

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

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

The official website for Broward County: www.broward.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>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- Dania) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dania. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0549, Longitude: -80.1531       In this case, the coordinates for Dania have been taken from the 2010 Census.
<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 Dania, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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