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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 Hampton Beach (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 Hampton Beach. 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 Hampton Beach ...

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 Hampton Beach: Hampton Bch.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hampton Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hampton Beach.

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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Hampton Beach is located in Bradford 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 Bradford County: Alachua, Baker, Clay, Putnam & Union.

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

  • Bradford County     (The home county of Hampton Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Hampton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Graham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Starke
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooker
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lawtey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Waldo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Earleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Melrose
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Campville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • La Crosse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Windsor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Hague
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • Gainesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawthorne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Rochelle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Rutledge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Burnetts Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Alachua
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Sanderson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Olustee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • MacClenny
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Keystone Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Lake Geneva
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Penney Farms
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Middleburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Asbury Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Doctors Inlet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Green Cove Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Columbia County
    • Lulu
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Duval County
    • Maxville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Orange Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • McIntosh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Orange Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Putnam Hall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grandin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Florahome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Interlachen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Keuka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Mannville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mannville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
    • Hollister
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hampton Beach, with the one closest to Hampton Beach listed first.
    • Raiford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lake Butler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Worthington Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Hampton Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hampton Beach.

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 Hampton Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Santa Fe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Prescott Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hampton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Prevatt Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sparkman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Waldo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo Cemetery
    • The Waldo Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Waldo Community Cemetery
  • Laurel Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crosby Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crosby Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Starke.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71876 <2>
  • Freedom Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (148 more) ...
    • Hope Baptist Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rock Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • DeSue Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Hampton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Waldo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Starke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Theressa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Theressa is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theressa
  • New River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • New River is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
  • Earleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Orange Heights is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights
  • Fairbanks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairbanks is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
  • Kingsley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingsley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
  • Melrose
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawtey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Campville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Campville is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lake Butler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • La Crosse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Paradise
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise

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

Newspapers Published in Hampton Beach ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampton Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hampton Beach, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hampton Beach.

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 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 Hampton Beach:

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' (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- Hampton Beach) 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 Hampton Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.