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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 Floridatown (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 Floridatown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Floridatown 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 Floridatown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Floridatown:

  • Santa Rosa County     (The home county of Floridatown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floridatown, with the one closest to Floridatown listed first.
    • Pace
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Galt City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
    • Bagdad
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Milton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Milton is located in Santa Rosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,785 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
    • Gulf Breeze
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Harold
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Navarre
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • 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>
  • Escambia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floridatown, with the one closest to Floridatown listed first.
    • Ferry Pass
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
    • Bohemia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bohemia is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
    • Olive
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Olive is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
    • Ensley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gonzalez
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
    • Brent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Brent is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
    • Goulding
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Goulding is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
    • Tristan Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Tristan Village is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristan Village
    • Quintette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Quintette is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Pensacola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bellview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellview is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
    • Cantonment
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Okaloosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floridatown, with the one closest to Floridatown listed first.
    • Holt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Hurlburt Field
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Otahite ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Otahite is located in Okaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otahite
  • Baldwin County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floridatown, with the one closest to Floridatown listed first.
    • Seminole
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Seminole is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
    • Lillian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lillian is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
    • Perdido Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
    • Elberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Elberta is located in Baldwin County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elberta <1>
  • Escambia County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Floridatown, with the one closest to Floridatown listed first.
    • Flomaton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Flomaton is located in Escambia County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flomaton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,377 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flomaton <1>
    • Pollard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • 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 Floridatown, see our County-by-County Page for Floridatown.

Cemeteries Near Floridatown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Floridatown.

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

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

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

  • Strickland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Whitmire Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Milton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jordan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bayview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
    • The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bayview Memorial Park
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Black Hammock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Serenity Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (77 more) ...
    • Pensacola Memorial Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hammock Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Ferry Pass
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
  • Yniestra
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Yniestra is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yniestra
  • Galt City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Galt City is located in Santa Rosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt City
  • Bohemia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bohemia is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
  • Olive
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Olive is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
  • Bagdad
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Milton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Milton is located in Santa Rosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
  • Brent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brent is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
  • Goulding
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Goulding is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
  • Pensacola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Quintette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Quintette is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
  • Cantonment
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Molino
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Chumuckla
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Chumuckla is located in Santa Rosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumuckla
    • Muscogee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Muscogee is located in Escambia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee

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

Newspapers Published in Floridatown ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Floridatown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Floridatown, 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 Floridatown.

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 either 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 Floridatown:

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 Floridatown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Floridatown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.