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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 High Point (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 High Point. 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 High Point ...

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 High Point: High Pt.

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

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 doctors and 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.

High Point 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 High Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to High Point:

  • Pinellas County     (The home county of High Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
    • South Highpoint
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Four Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Feather Sound
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Safety Harbor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pinellas Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Baskin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Baskin is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskin
    • Largo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Largo is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,681 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Largo <1>
    • Clearwater
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Kenneth City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gandy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Belleair Bluffs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Belleair
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
    • Bayport Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
    • Bayside Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • Mecca City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
    • Culbreath Isles
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Culbreath Isles is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Isles
    • Holiday Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
    • Rocky Point Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rocky Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Village
    • Town 'n' Country
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
    • West Waters Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
    • Culbreath Bayou
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Culbreath Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Bayou
    • Port Tampa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
    • Twelve Oaks Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Twelve Oaks Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks Village
    • Westchase
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
    • Barr City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Barr City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr City
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
    • Terra Ceia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Anna Maria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Memphis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Holmes Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Palma Sola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Palmetto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • West Bradenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
    • Parrish
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellenton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Bradenton Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Bradenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Cortez
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
    • Trinity
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Holiday
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Beacon Square
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • Elfers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • New Port Richey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Port Richey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Bayonet Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay

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

Cemeteries Near High Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Point.

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 High Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Chapel Hill Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Royal Palm North Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • The Garden Sanctuary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunedin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (63 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 High Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of High Point.

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

  • Port Tampa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Tampa
    (15 miles [24.1 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
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Keystone Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Gulf City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
  • Odessa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Terra Ceia
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Limona
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Mango
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Port Richey
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Brandon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Seffner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Thonotosassa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Erie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Erie is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie

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

Newspapers Published in High Point ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Point, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for High Point.

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 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 High Point:

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