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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 Fullerville (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 Fullerville. 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 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.

Fullerville is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Fullerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fullerville, with the one closest to Fullerville listed first.
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lake Kathryn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
    • Pine Lakes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Acron is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
    • Paisley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cassia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
    • Astor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Pittman is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
    • Altoona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Umatilla
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ethel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Ethel is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Mount Plymouth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fullerville, with the one closest to Fullerville listed first.
    • Eastlake Weir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Electra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Electra is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Ocklawaha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Weirsdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Salt Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynne is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynne
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fullerville, with the one closest to Fullerville listed first.
    • Tangerine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Zellwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Apopka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • South Apopka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • South Apopka is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Apopka
    • Lockhart
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Maitland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Clarcona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Eatonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
    • Aloma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Crown Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Crown Point is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
    • Fairview Shores
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fullerville, with the one closest to Fullerville listed first.
    • Crescent City Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fullerville, with the one closest to Fullerville listed first.
    • Lake Monroe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Heathrow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sanford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Mary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Mound Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
    • Midway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Midway is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
    • Longwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Cameron City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
    • Forest City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Winter Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Sumter County
    • The Villages
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fullerville, with the one closest to Fullerville listed first.
    • Beresford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Beresford is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
    • Highland Park ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • West De Land
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • West De Land is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West De Land
    • De Land Southwest
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • De Land Southwest is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land Southwest
    • Glenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • De Land
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • North De Land
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • North De Land is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North De Land
    • De Leon Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange City Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
    • Orange City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Volusia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Volusia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia
    • De Bary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Florida
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida

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

Cemeteries Near Fullerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fullerville.

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

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

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

  • Beresford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Shockley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ponceannah Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cassia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Orange Cemetery
    • Union / Baker / Wright Cemetery
    • Wright Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72710 <2>
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood African-American Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood African-American Cemetery
    • The Glenwood African-American Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Church Street Cemetery
    • Glenwood Black Cemetery
  • Charitable Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charitable Cemetery
    • The Charitable Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Community Cemetery
  • Oakdale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Potters Field
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Field
    • The Potters Field has also been known as:
    • Charnel Cemetery
    • Stone Cemetery
    • Volusia County Cemetery
  • Bethel Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Church Cemetery
    • The Bethel Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bethel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • DeLand Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLand Memorial Gardens
      • The DeLand Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • De Land Memorial Gardens
    • Oakdale Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pentecostal Holiness Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentecostal Holiness Cemetery
      • The Pentecostal Holiness Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery

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

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

  • Saint Francis
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Francis is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
  • Crows Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Crows Bluff is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Bluff
  • Paisley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Beresford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Beresford is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
  • Highland Park ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
  • Fatio
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fatio is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fatio
  • West De Land
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • West De Land is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West De Land
  • Cassia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
  • Glenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Astor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pittman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Pittman is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Altoona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Barberville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Eldridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Eldridge is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge

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

Newspapers Published in Fullerville ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fullerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fullerville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fullerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Fullerville:

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 Fullerville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fullerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.