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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 Gray Gables (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 Gray Gables. 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 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 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.

Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Gray Gables)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gray Gables, with the one closest to Gray Gables listed first.
    • West Tampa
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bungalow City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bungalow City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungalow City
      • Bungalow City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Park City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Park City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Courier City
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courier City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courier City
      • Courier City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Culbreath Bayou
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Culbreath Isles
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Barr City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barr City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr City
      • Barr City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Drew Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Richardsons Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardsons Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsons Village
      • Richardsons Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Wellswood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Tampa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Catherine City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine City
      • Catherine City is located in Hillsborough County
  • Manatee County
  • Pasco County
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gray Gables, with the one closest to Gray Gables listed first.
    • Gandy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gandy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
    • Feather Sound
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Oldsmar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • High Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
    • Safety Harbor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lealman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lealman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bayview
      • From Gray Gables to Bayview
    • South Highpoint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Highpoint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
    • Pinellas Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Four Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • East Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gray Gables, with the one closest to Gray Gables listed first.
    • Nichols
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Willow Oak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
    • Winston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
      • Winston is located in Polk County

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

Cemeteries Near Gray Gables ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gray Gables.

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 Gray Gables covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<5>

While we didn't find Gray Gables in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gray Gables.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Gray Gables ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gray Gables.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gray Gables, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gray Gables.

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 Gray Gables:

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

The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Gray Gables, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Gray Gables) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gray Gables. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9388, Longitude: -82.4974    









 

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