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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 Ebb (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 Ebb. 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.

Ebb is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Suwannee, Taylor, Brooks (GA) & Lowndes (GA).

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Ebb)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebb, with the one closest to Ebb listed first.
    • Greenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hamburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Madison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
    • Lee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Pinetta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Leland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Leland is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebb, with the one closest to Ebb listed first.
    • Lamont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Aucilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
    • Monticello
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Waukeenah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Thomas City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Thomas City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas City
    • Wacissa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lloyd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebb, with the one closest to Ebb listed first.
    • Day
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebb, with the one closest to Ebb listed first.
    • Capitola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Miccosukee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Suwannee County
    • Dowling Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Dowling Park is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling Park
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebb, with the one closest to Ebb listed first.
    • Shady Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Perry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Brooks County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebb, with the one closest to Ebb listed first.
    • Empress
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Empress is located in Brooks County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
    • McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
      • Estimated population in 2019: 605 people
    • Dixie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Quitman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Quitman is located in Brooks County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,625 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <1>
  • Lowndes County (GA)

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

Cemeteries Near Ebb ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebb.

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

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

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

  • Andrews Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
    • The Bailey Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Friendship Cemetery
  • Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hurst Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hendry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Barclay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay Cemetery
    • The Barclay Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Barclay Family Cemetery
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Aucilla Fire Tower Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Bird Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cooksey / Hornesby Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hensey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (135 more) ...
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Crossroad MB Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Iddo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Iddo is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iddo
  • Greenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lamont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Aucilla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
  • Perry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Madison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hamburg is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Waylonzo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Waylonzo is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylonzo
  • Monticello
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Waukeenah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Wacissa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cherry Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Lee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Aucilla ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Aucilla is located in Thomas County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
    • Lloyd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Ebb ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebb.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ebb, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ebb.

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 Ebb:

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 Ebb, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ebb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.