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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 Fort Basinger (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 Fort Basinger. 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.

Name Variations for Fort Basinger ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Basinger: Ft. Basinger

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Fort Basinger is located in Highlands County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Highlands County: Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Okeechobee, Osceola & Polk.

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

  • Highlands County     (The home county of Fort Basinger)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Basinger, with the one closest to Fort Basinger listed first.
    • Lorida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sylvan Shores
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
      • Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
    • Lake Placid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Archbold
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archbold
      • Archbold is located in Highlands County
    • De Soto City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Soto City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
      • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
    • Placid Lakes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placid Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Lakes
      • Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
    • Sebring
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Venus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Glades County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Basinger, with the one closest to Fort Basinger listed first.
    • Buckhead Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Ridge
      • Buckhead Ridge is located in Glades County
    • Lakeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Okeechobee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Basinger, with the one closest to Fort Basinger listed first.
    • Cypress Quarters
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
      • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
    • Okeechobee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylor Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Creek
      • Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County
  • Osceola County
  • Polk County
    • Cacema Town ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cacema Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacema Town
      • Cacema Town is located in Polk County

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Basinger ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Basinger.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Basinger, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Basinger.

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 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 Fort Basinger:

Cemeteries Near Fort Basinger ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Basinger.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Basinger Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Basinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Basinger Cemetery
  • Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Ft. Kissimmee Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Kissimmee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Kissimmee Cemetery
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
  • Pinecrest Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinecrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinecrest Cemetery
  • Lakeview Memorial Gardens
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitten Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitten Cemetery

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Basinger. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Highlands County: www.hcbcc.net/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Basinger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Basinger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.3623, Longitude: -81.0570       In this case, the coordinates for Fort Basinger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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