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 Floridale (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 Floridale. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Floridale is located in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa County: Escambia (AL), Escambia & Okaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Floridale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Floridale:
- Santa Rosa County (The home county of Floridale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- Harold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bagdad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Galt City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Navarre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Belandville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Belandville is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belandville
- Pace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Gulf Breeze
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Escambia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- Bohemia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Ferry Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Brent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Gonzalez
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
- Ensley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goulding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Pensacola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Molino
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Quintette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Quintette is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Tristan Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
- Pensacola Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Okaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- Holt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milligan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otahite ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
- Cannon Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon Town is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Town
- Crestview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hurlburt Field
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wright
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wright is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Garden City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Mary Esther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean City is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
- Cinco Bayou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cinco Bayou is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Bayou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Covington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- Wing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wing is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Falco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falco is located in Covington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falco
- Escambia County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- Bradley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Roberts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Riverview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Pollard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Floridale, see our County-by-County Page for Floridale.
Cemeteries Near Floridale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Floridale.
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 Floridale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Floridale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- New Canoe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flowers Field Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Welcome Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Cemetery
- The Welcome Cemetery has also been known as:
- J.B. Watson Cemetery
- New Elam Cemetery
- Ates Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hammock Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southeast of Milton.
- The Lewis Williams Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Williams Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72766 <3>
- Carr Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Spring Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Beulah Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Floridale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Floridale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Floridale, with the one closest to Floridale listed first.
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bagdad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galt City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
- Otahite ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
- Berrydale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berrydale is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrydale
- Yniestra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yniestra is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
- Bohemia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemia is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Chumuckla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chumuckla is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumuckla
- Ferry Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Brent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brent is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Roberts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Goulding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goulding is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
- Pensacola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Molino
(28 miles [45.1 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 Floridale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Floridale.
Newspapers Published in Floridale ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Floridale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Floridale, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Floridale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Floridale:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Santa Rosa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Escambia County
- Okaloosa County
- Covington County
- Escambia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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> | 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- Floridale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Floridale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |