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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 Hasan (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 Hasan. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Hasan is located in Alachua 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 Alachua County: Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam & Union.

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

  • Alachua County     (The home county of Hasan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • La Crosse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Alachua
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Hague
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • High Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rutledge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Jonesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Gainesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Waldo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Arredondo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Newberry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Windsor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Earleton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Olustee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Sanderson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Brooker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Graham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hampton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Starke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lawtey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Keystone Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Lake Geneva
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Kingsley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Lulu
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Fort White
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • McColskey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • McColskey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
    • Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Watertown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Watertown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
    • Five Points
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Five Points is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Waters Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Bell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <1>
    • Little Lake City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
    • Trenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Meredith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • Raleigh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • East Bronson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Bronson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Putnam County
  • Suwannee County
    • Branford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hasan, with the one closest to Hasan listed first.
    • Worthington Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Butler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Raiford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hasan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hasan.

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 Hasan - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Old Bradford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Newnansville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Richard Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Damascus Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hague Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rhuda Branch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ft. Call Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (157 more) ...
    • Asberry Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cathcart Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Thomas Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Hasan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hasan.

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

  • La Crosse
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Newnansville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Newnansville is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnansville
  • Alachua
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hague
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hague is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
  • High Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Paradise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Mikesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mikesville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
  • Rutledge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
  • New River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • New River is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
  • Lake Butler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairbanks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairbanks is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
  • Jonesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gainesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Waldo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lulu
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Hasan ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hasan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hasan, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hasan.

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 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 Hasan:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hasan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Hasan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.