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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 Emathla (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 Emathla. 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 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.

Emathla is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Alachua, Citrus, Lake, Levy, Putnam, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Marion County     (The home county of Emathla)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emathla, with the one closest to Emathla listed first.
    • Fellowship
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
    • Martin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Martin is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Fairfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Heijahs Town ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Heijahs Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heijahs Town
    • Lowell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Irvine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
    • Reddick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Paynes Town ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Paynes Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Town
    • York
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • York is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Anthony
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Orange Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ocala
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emathla, with the one closest to Emathla listed first.
    • Evinston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Micanopy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Island Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lochloosa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Archer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rochelle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Arredondo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Hawthorne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gainesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Windsor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Campville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • Rutledge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emathla, with the one closest to Emathla listed first.
    • Citrus Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Holder
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hernando
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Beverly Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Citrus Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
    • Black Diamond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emathla, with the one closest to Emathla listed first.
    • Morriston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • East Williston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
    • Williston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Raleigh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • Williston Highlands
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
    • East Bronson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Bronson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Meredith
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • Gulf Hammock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Inglis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Otter Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Yankeetown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Putnam County
  • Sumter County

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

Cemeteries Near Emathla ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emathla.

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

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

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

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Watula Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Millwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Flemington Baptist Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (107 more) ...
    • Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • McFall Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Fellowship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Blitchton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Blitchton is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchton
  • Early Bird
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Early Bird is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Bird
  • Martin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Lowell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cotton Plant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cotton Plant is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
  • Martel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Martel is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
  • Kendrick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kendrick is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
  • Flemington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Flemington is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
  • Reddick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Millwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Millwood is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
  • York
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • York is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Romeo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Romeo is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
    • Leroy ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Leroy is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Anthony
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Emathla ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emathla.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emathla, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emathla.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Emathla:

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 Emathla, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Emathla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.