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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 Davis Shores (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 Davis Shores. 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 Davis Shores ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Davis Shores: Davis Shrs.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Davis Shores is located in Saint Johns 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 Saint Johns County: Clay, Duval, Flagler & Putnam.

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

  • Saint Johns County     (The home county of Davis Shores)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davis Shores, with the one closest to Davis Shores listed first.
    • Saint Augustine
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Vilano Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Augustine South
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Butler Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • Crescent Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elkton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Armstrong
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Tocoi
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Hastings
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Palm Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
    • Sawgrass
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davis Shores, with the one closest to Davis Shores listed first.
    • Green Cove Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Orange Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davis Shores, with the one closest to Davis Shores listed first.
    • Loretto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Jacksonville Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
      • Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
      • Pablo Beach
      • Ruby
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <1>
    • Mandarin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • San Pablo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • San Pablo is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
    • Neptune Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Sans Pareil
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
    • Atlantic Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davis Shores, with the one closest to Davis Shores listed first.
    • Marineland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Palm Coast
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Beverly Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Bunnell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Flagler Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Davis Shores, with the one closest to Davis Shores listed first.
    • Federal Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Bostwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Palatka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • San Mateo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Palatka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peniel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel

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

Cemeteries Near Davis Shores ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davis Shores.

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 Davis Shores - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Davis Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • St. Augustine National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Craig Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Augustine.
    • The Craig Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <2>
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bakersville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Pellicer Creek Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Sampson Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (29 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.<3>

While we didn't find Davis Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Davis Shores.

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

  • Anastasia
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
  • Saint Augustine
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Moultrie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
  • Armstrong
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Tocoi
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
  • Sampson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
  • Federal Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
  • Florence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Picolata
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
  • Bridgeport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • West Tocoi
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
  • Bayard
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayard is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Bostwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
    • Yelvington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Yelvington is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington

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

Newspapers Published in Davis Shores ...

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 Davis Shores.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davis Shores, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Davis Shores.

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 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 Davis Shores:

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 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.
<3>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 Davis Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Davis Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.