Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fanning Springs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fanning Springs:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Fanning Springs.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Fanning Springs is primarily located in Gilchrist County. A portion of Fanning Springs extends into Levy County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gilchrist County: Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Lafayette & Levy.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 106 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fanning Springs. Of these communities, 88 are located in counties other than Gilchrist County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Fanning Springs (which is Gilchrist County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Fanning Springs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gilchrist County (where Fanning Springs resides)
- County Website: https://gilchrist.fl.us/
- County Seat for Gilchrist: Trenton
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Wilcox
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wilcox is located in Gilchrist County
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- Wilcox Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wilcox Junction is located in Gilchrist County
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- Lottieville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lottieville is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottieville
- Blitchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blitchville is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchville
- Trenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wannee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wannee is located in Gilchrist County
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- Curtis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Curtis is located in Gilchrist County
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- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler is located in Gilchrist County
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- Mutual
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Bell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harvard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Waters Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Thames
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thames is located in Gilchrist County
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- Williford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williford is located in Gilchrist County
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- Little Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
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- Craggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craggs is located in Gilchrist County
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- Neals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Neals is located in Gilchrist County
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- Wanamake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wanamake is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamake
- Alachua County
- County Website: https://alachuacounty.us/
- County Seat for Alachua: Gainesville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Newberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Half Moon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Half Moon is located in Alachua County
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- Buda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buda is located in Alachua County
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- Clark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Alachua County
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- Wade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wade is located in Alachua County
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- Haile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Haile is located in Alachua County
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- Forest Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Grove is located in Alachua County
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- Archer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pinesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pinesville is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesville
- Peach Orchard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Peach Orchard is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Arno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arno is located in Alachua County
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- Cadillac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cadillac is located in Alachua County
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- High Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adam is located in Alachua County
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- Los Trancos Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Los Trancos Woods is located in Alachua County
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- Pine Hill Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Hill Estates is located in Alachua County
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- William Garvin Grant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- William Garvin Grant is located in Alachua County
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- Buckingham West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buckingham West is located in Alachua County
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- Shannon Wood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shannon Wood is located in Alachua County
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- Stephen Fernandez and other Heirs of D Fernandez Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alachua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Francis R Sanchez Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- George Atkinson Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Francisco Potano ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Francisco Potano is located in Alachua County
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- Spring Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Alachua County
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- Arredondo Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arredondo Estates is located in Alachua County
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- Arredondo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kanapaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kanapaha is located in Alachua County
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- Burnetts Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- John Sanchez Grant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- John Sanchez Grant is located in Alachua County
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- Newnansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newnansville is located in Alachua County
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- Traxler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Traxler is located in Alachua County
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- Columbia County
- County Website: https://www.columbiacountyfla.com/
- County Seat for Columbia: Lake City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Hollingsworth Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hollingsworth Bluff is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth Bluff
- Woftoka ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woftoka is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woftoka
- Fort White
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie County
- County Website: https://www.dixiecounty.us/
- County Seat for Dixie: Cross City
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
- Old Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dixietown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dixietown is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixietown
- Yellow Jacket
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Jacket is located in Dixie County
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- Eugene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eugene is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Fletcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Dixie County
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- Cross City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shamrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shamrock is located in Dixie County
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- Horseshoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Hines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hines is located in Dixie County
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- Shired Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shired Island is located in Dixie County
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- Suwannee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Horseshoe Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Broscan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Broscan is located in Dixie County
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- Jena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jena is located in Dixie County
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- Steward City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Steward City is located in Dixie County
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- Lafayette County
- County Website: https://lafayettecountyfl.org/
- County Seat for Lafayette: Mayo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Hatchbend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
- Grady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Lafayette County
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- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Levy County
- County Website: https://www.levycounty.org/
- County Seat for Levy: Bronson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Andrews
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Andrews is located in Levy County
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- Manatee Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manatee Road is located in Levy County
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- Hardeetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardeetown is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeetown
- Chiefland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Usher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Usher is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usher
- Fowlers Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fowlers Bluff is located in Levy County
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- Vista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vista is located in Levy County
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- Bronson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Creek is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Meredith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Meredith is located in Levy County
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- Ellzey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellzey is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellzey
- Otter Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
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- East Bronson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sumner is located in Levy County
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- Gulf Hammock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wakasassa ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wakasassa is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakasassa
- Williston Highlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
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- Raleigh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beetree Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beetree Ford is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetree Ford
- Hodgson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hodgson is located in Levy County
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- Lukens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lukens is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukens
- Suwannee County
- County Website: https://suwanneecountyfl.gov/
- County Seat for Suwannee: Live Oak
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Sandy Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sandy Point is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Suwannee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wachitokha ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wachitokha is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wachitokha
- Branford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hildreth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hildreth is located in Suwannee County
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- Beachville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beachville is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachville
- O'Brien
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- County Website: https://www.taylorcountygov.com/
- County Seat for Taylor: Perry
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Fanning Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fanning Springs.
- Clara
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clara is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Tennille
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennille is located in Taylor County
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- Steinhatchee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fanning Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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