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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 Gunn Landing (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 Gunn Landing. 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 Gunn Landing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Gunn Landing: Gunn Lndg. (or less commonly used: Gunn Lndng.)

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 doctors and 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.

Gunn Landing is located in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon & Wakulla.

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

  • Liberty County     (The home county of Gunn Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gunn Landing, with the one closest to Gunn Landing listed first.
    • Lewis
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Estiffanulga
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
    • Central City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Bristol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Telogia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumatra
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hosford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gunn Landing, with the one closest to Gunn Landing listed first.
    • Youngstown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Fountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mexico Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gunn Landing, with the one closest to Gunn Landing listed first.
    • Marysville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Kinard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
    • Blountstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Clarksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chipola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
    • Altha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ocheesee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gunn Landing, with the one closest to Gunn Landing listed first.
    • Sycamore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Greensboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gulf County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gunn Landing, with the one closest to Gunn Landing listed first.
    • Wewahitchka
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wetappo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wetappo is located in Gulf County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetappo
    • White City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in Gulf County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City

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

Cemeteries Near Gunn Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gunn Landing.

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 Gunn Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Humility Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Orange Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Woods Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Nixon Garden Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • McClellan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jehu Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Williamsburg Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ayers Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Barfield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bristol Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Boggs Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (52 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mitchum Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kemp Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<3>

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

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

  • Lewis
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Orange
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Marysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Estiffanulga
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
  • Abe Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Abe Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abe Springs
  • Wewahitchka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Blountstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Chipola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
  • Selman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Selman is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
  • Rock Bluff
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
  • Ocheesee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Alliance
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Alliance is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
    • Smith Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
    • Sycamore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore

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

Newspapers Published in Gunn Landing ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gunn Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gunn Landing, 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 Gunn Landing.

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 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 Gunn Landing:

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