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 Frog City (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 Frog City. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Frog City is located in Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County: Broward, Collier & Monroe.
Below are the counties that are near Frog City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frog City:
- Miami-Dade County (The home county of Frog City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frog City, with the one closest to Frog City listed first.
- Coopertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hammocks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hammocks is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hammocks
- Pops Hammock Seminole Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kendale Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kendale Lakes is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendale Lakes
- Tamiami
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tamiami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamiami
- Country Walk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Country Walk is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Walk
- The Crossings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossings is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossings
- Sweetwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sweetwater is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,747 people
- University Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westwood Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westwood Lakes is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Lakes
- Three Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Three Lakes is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
- Doral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aladdin City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin City is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin City
- Broward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frog City, with the one closest to Frog City listed first.
- Country Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Country Estates is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estates
- Miramar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Green Meadow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadow is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Pembroke Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe Estates is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Estates
- Southwest Ranches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine Ranches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Ranches
- Royal Palm Ranches
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
- Sunshine Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miami Gardens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
- Monroe County
- Trail City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trail City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frog City, see our County-by-County Page for Frog City.
Cemeteries Near Frog City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frog City.
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 Frog City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frog City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frog City, with the one closest to Frog City listed first.
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dade South Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lawn Memorial Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Park Cemetery South
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Charlotte Jane Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinelawn Memorial
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miami Memorial Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Star of David Memorial Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Green Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Palm Memorial Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flagler Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Graceland Memorial Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Charlotte Jane Memorial Park
(21 miles [33.8 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 Frog City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frog City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frog City, with the one closest to Frog City listed first.
- Cutler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
- Miami
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frog City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frog City.
Newspapers Published in Frog City ...
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 239 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frog City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frog City, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frog City.
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 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 Frog City:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Miami-Dade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broward County
- Monroe 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> | 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 Frog City, 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- Frog City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |