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 Darby (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 Darby. 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 southwest 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 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.
Darby is located in Pasco 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 Pasco County: Hernando, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Darby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Darby:
- Pasco County (The home county of Darby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- San Antonio
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Saint Leo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blanton is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Wesley Chapel South
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
- Wesley Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fivay ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fivay is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
- Dade City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
- Land O' Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Moss Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Town is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
- Trilby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lacoochee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Citrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- Floral City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sugarmill Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sugarmill Woods is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarmill Woods
- Mannfield ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mannfield is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
- Inverness Highlands South
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hernando County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- Masaryktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Hill 'n Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
- South Brooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- South Brooksville is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
- Brooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wiscon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wiscon is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
- North Brooksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Brooksville is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooksville
- Ridge Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brookridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookridge is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
- High Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- High Point is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Timber Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
- Weeki Wachee Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- Florida Townsend Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Villas at Pebble Creek Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek Village
- Pebble Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Lake Keen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
- Lake Brooker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Brooker Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brooker Village
- Lutz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Harbor Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Sapphire Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Sapphire Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sapphire Village
- Yocam Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yocam Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocam Village
- Brant Lake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Brant Lake Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake Village
- Biarritz Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
- Cannes Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
- Pinellas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- East Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Lake is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Tarpon Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
- Oldsmar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- Kathleen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonia is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
- Fox Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Winston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winston is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- Bucker Womans Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bucker Womans Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucker Womans Town
- Tarrytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Wahoo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Bay Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
- Bushnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Center Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Darby, see our County-by-County Page for Darby.
Cemeteries Near Darby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Darby.
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 Darby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Darby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- Emmaus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Land O' Lakes.
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ehren African American Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319666 <3>
- McGeachy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Masaryktown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Double Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (97 more) ...
- Fivay Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Floral Memory Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Pond Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Darby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Darby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Darby, with the one closest to Darby listed first.
- San Antonio
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Saint Leo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jessamine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jessamine is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessamine
- Blanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blanton is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Ehren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ehren is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
- Ellerslie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Wiscon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wiscon is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
- Lacoochee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Richland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thonotosassa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Catherine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Catherine is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catherine
- Istachatta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Darby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Darby.
Newspapers Published in Darby ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Darby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Darby, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Darby.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Darby:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Pasco County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Citrus County
- Hernando County
- Hillsborough County
- Pinellas County
- Polk County
- Sumter 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Darby) 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 Darby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |