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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 Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant (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 Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant is located in Duval 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 Duval County: Baker, Clay, Nassau & Saint Johns.

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

  • Duval County     (The home county of Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant, with the one closest to Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant listed first.
    • Jacksonville Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
      • Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
      • Pablo Beach
      • Ruby
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <1>
    • Neptune Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlantic Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • San Pablo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • San Pablo is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
    • Greenfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenfield is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Sans Pareil
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
    • Mayport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mayport is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayport
    • Loretto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Bowden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant, with the one closest to Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant listed first.
    • Sawgrass
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
    • Palm Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
    • Ponte Vedra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
    • Vilano Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ponte Vedra Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Saint Augustine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Augustine South
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Butler Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Crescent Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Elkton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruit Cove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant.

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 Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant, with the one closest to Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant listed first.

  • Ponte Vedra Valley Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren Smith Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Augustine National Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Craig Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Augustine.
    • The Craig Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <2>
  • Pablo Mayport Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pablo Mayport Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pablo Mayport Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Mayport.
    • The Pablo Mayport Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mayport Cemetery
    • Pablo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72234 <2>
  • Sampson Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Tillotson Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rain Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Julington Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julington Cemetery
      • The Julington Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Julington Baptist Church Cemetery

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 Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant, with the one closest to Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant listed first.

  • Saint Augustine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Anastasia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
  • San Pablo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • San Pablo is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
  • Sampson
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
  • Bayard
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bayard is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Greenfield
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Moultrie
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
  • Mayport
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayport is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayport
  • Greenland
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Greenland is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Fulton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fulton is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
  • Florence
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence

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

Newspapers Published in Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant:

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 '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- Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant) 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 Heirs of Joseph Hogans Grant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.