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 Hibernia (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 Hibernia. 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 and 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.
Hibernia is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Duval, Putnam & Saint Johns.
Below are the counties that are near Hibernia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hibernia:
- Clay County (The home county of Hibernia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Green Cove Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Doctors Inlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Asbury Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
- Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Penney Farms
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Middleburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kingsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kingsley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
- Kingsley Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
- Kingsley Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
- Keystone Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker County
- MacClenny
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Lawtey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Starke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duval County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Mandarin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandarin is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
- Loretto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loretto is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Jacksonville Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bowden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bowden is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
- Saint Nicholas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
- San Marco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- San Marco is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
- Brooklyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Normandy Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Sans Pareil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
- Maxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maxville is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Nassau County
- Bryceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Bostwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Federal Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Point is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
- Florahome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grandin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Palatka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Palatka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peniel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Peniel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
- Saint Johns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Fruit Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tocoi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
- Palm Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
- Sawgrass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
- Ponte Vedra Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ponte Vedra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
- Vilano Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Armstrong
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Elkton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Augustine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hastings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hibernia, see our County-by-County Page for Hibernia.
Cemeteries Near Hibernia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hibernia.
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 Hibernia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hibernia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Hill Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sloans Landing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lofton's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rideout Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moosehaven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Penney Farms Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springbank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mandarin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Church of Our Savior Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville Memory Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Memory Gardens
- The Jacksonville Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Jacksonville Memory Garden
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hibernia had a population of 13 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
- Switzerland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
- Green Cove Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orange Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mandarin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandarin is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
- Lakeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Florence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Walkill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walkill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
- Plummers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plummers is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers
- Beauclerc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Beauclerc is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauclerc
- Middleburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sampson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Greenland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Picolata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
- Bayard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Sweetwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sweetwater is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hibernia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hibernia.
Newspapers Published in Hibernia ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hibernia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hibernia, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hibernia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Hibernia:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baker County
- Bradford County
- Duval County
- Nassau County
- Putnam County
- Saint Johns County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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 Hibernia, 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' (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- Hibernia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |