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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 Harbor View (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 Harbor View. 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 Harbor View ...

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 Harbor View: Harbor Vw.

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

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 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.

Harbor View is located in Pinellas 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 Pinellas County: Hillsborough & Pasco.

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

  • Pinellas County     (The home county of Harbor View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor View, with the one closest to Harbor View listed first.
    • Dunedin
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ozona
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Palm Harbor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Crystal Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Clearwater Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Clearwater Beach is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Beach
    • Cove Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
    • Clearwater
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Safety Harbor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oldsmar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • East Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Belleair
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor View, with the one closest to Harbor View listed first.
    • Canterbury Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
    • Royal Troon Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Royal Troon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Troon Village
    • Westchase
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
    • Bayport Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
    • Bayside Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • Fawn Ridge Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
    • Mecca City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
    • Northlake Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • Keystone Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
    • Town 'n' Country
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
    • West Waters Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
    • Keystone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harbor View, with the one closest to Harbor View listed first.
    • Holiday
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Beacon Square
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • Trinity
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elfers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • New Port Richey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Port Richey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Bayonet Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hudson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction

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

Cemeteries Near Harbor View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harbor View.

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 Harbor View - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dunedin Highland Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dunedin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Parklawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cycadia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Serenity Gardens Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Anona.
    • The Serenity Gardens Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Moss Feaster Serenity Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72605 <2>
  • Chapel Hill Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (55 more) ...

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

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

  • Keystone Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Odessa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Richey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Port Tampa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Tampa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • 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
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Hudson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Ehren
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Mango
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Thonotosassa
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Harbor View ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harbor View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harbor View, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harbor View.

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 Harbor View:

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 Harbor View, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harbor View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.