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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 Dell (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 Dell. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Dell is located in Suwannee 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 Suwannee County: Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette & Madison.

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

  • Suwannee County     (The home county of Dell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dell, with the one closest to Dell listed first.
    • Dowling Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Dowling Park is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling Park
    • McAlpin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Padlock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Padlock is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
    • Live Oak
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • O'Brien
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rixford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rixford is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
    • Branford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wellborn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Gilchrist County
    • Little Lake City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
  • Hamilton County
    • Marion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Marion is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dell, with the one closest to Dell listed first.
    • Buckville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Buckville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
    • Day
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <1>
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dell, with the one closest to Dell listed first.
    • Lee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lee is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dell, with the one closest to Dell listed first.
    • Salem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Shady Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Dell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dell.

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 Dell - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ivey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Head Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Folsom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Day Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Day Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Day.
    • The Day Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Brewer Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1864188 <2>
  • St. Luke Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dees Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Roger Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Winburn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayfare Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (96 more) ...
    • Mt. Willing Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alton Church of God Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grant 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 Dell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dell.

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

  • Luraville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Luraville is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luraville
  • Mayo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <1>
  • McAlpin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Padlock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Padlock is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
  • Live Oak
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lee is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
  • O'Brien
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Salem
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Perry
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Houston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Houston is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • Branford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rixford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rixford is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellborn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Marion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Marion is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion

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

Newspapers Published in Dell ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dell, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dell.

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 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 Dell:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Dell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Dell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.