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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 Gulf Pine (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 Gulf Pine. 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 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.

Gulf Pine is located in Pasco 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 Pasco County: Hernando, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk & Sumter.

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

  • Pasco County     (The home county of Gulf Pine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Pine, with the one closest to Gulf Pine listed first.
    • Odessa
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Trinity
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elfers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • New Port Richey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Beacon Square
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Bayonet Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Pine, with the one closest to Gulf Pine listed first.
    • Timber Pines
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
    • Masaryktown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hernando Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
    • Weeki Wachee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Gardens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Gardens is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Gardens
    • North Weeki Wachee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • North Weeki Wachee is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weeki Wachee
    • Bayport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bayport is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport
    • Brookridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Brookridge is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
    • High Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • High Point is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Wiscon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Pine, with the one closest to Gulf Pine listed first.
    • Keystone
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
    • Biarritz Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
    • Cheval
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cheval is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheval
    • Cannes Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
    • Cheval Wimbledon Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Harbor Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Northlake Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • Lakeshore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeshore is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
    • Royal Troon Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Royal Troon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Troon Village
    • Country Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
    • Canterbury Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gulf Pine, with the one closest to Gulf Pine listed first.
    • East Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Oldsmar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarpon Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cove Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
    • Crystal Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Palm Harbor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunedin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Safety Harbor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Clearwater Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Clearwater Beach is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Beach
    • Clearwater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Clearwater is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,552 people
      • Former name for Clearwater:
      • Clear Water Harbor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Gulf Pine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gulf Pine.

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 Gulf Pine - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • East Elfers Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Meadowlawn Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cycadia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Meadowlawn Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gan Shalom Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Stark Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Land O' Lakes.
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ehren African American Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319666 <2>
  • Fivay Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (86 more) ...
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Parklawn Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Odessa
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Keystone Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Ehren
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Port Richey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hudson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Tampa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
  • Ybor City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Thonotosassa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Tampa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Mango
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • San Antonio
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
    • Former name for San Antonio:
    • Lake Jovita
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
  • Limona
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Seffner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Leo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Brandon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Gulf Pine:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gulf Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Gulf Pine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.