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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 Driftwood Estates (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 Driftwood Estates. 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 Driftwood Estates ...

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 Driftwood Estates: Driftwood Ests.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Driftwood Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Driftwood Estates.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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

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

  • Broward County     (The home county of Driftwood Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Estates, with the one closest to Driftwood Estates listed first.
    • West Hollywood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Chambers Estates
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
    • Cooper City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal Palm Ranches
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
    • Estates of Fort Lauderdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oak Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Oak Point is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
    • Davie
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Davie is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davie <1>
    • Playland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Playland Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
    • Edgewater
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgewater is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
    • Sunshine Acres
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
    • Utopia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Utopia is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Broadview Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Broadview Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview Park
    • Carver Ranches
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Estates, with the one closest to Driftwood Estates listed first.
    • Andover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Lake Lucerne
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Carol City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Miami Gardens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Norland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Scott Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Ives Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Bunche Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
    • Country Club
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • Golden Glades
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
    • Aventura
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Golden Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
    • North Miami Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Estates, with the one closest to Driftwood Estates listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Del Mar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Mission Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca Raton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Boca West
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Whisper Walk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Yamato
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Highland Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Deem City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Deem City is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
    • Kings Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • High Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • High Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point

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

Cemeteries Near Driftwood Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Driftwood Estates.

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 Driftwood Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<2>

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

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

  • Miami
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
  • Cutler
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler

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

Newspapers Published in Driftwood Estates ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Driftwood Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Driftwood Estates, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Driftwood Estates.

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 Driftwood Estates:

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>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 Driftwood Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Driftwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.