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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 Hollingsworth Bluff (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 Hollingsworth Bluff. 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 Hollingsworth Bluff ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hollingsworth Bluff: Hollingsworth Blf. (or less commonly used: Hollingsworth Bluf.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hollingsworth Bluff is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Alachua, Baker, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee, Union, Clinch (GA) & Echols (GA).

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Hollingsworth Bluff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • Fort White
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lulu
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Watertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Watertown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
    • Five Points
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Five Points is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • McColskey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • McColskey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • High Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alachua
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Newberry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jonesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hague
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • La Crosse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Rutledge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Archer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Arredondo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Gainesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Baker County
  • Bradford County
    • Brooker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Dixie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
    • Old Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • Little Lake City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
    • Waters Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Bell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Trenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Fanning Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lafayette County
    • Mayo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <1>
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • Andrews
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Andrews is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Manatee Road
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Manatee Road is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
    • Chiefland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Meredith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • Bronson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Suwannee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • Branford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • O'Brien
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McAlpin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellborn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Padlock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Padlock is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hollingsworth Bluff, with the one closest to Hollingsworth Bluff listed first.
    • Worthington Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Butler
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hollingsworth Bluff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollingsworth Bluff.

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 Hollingsworth Bluff - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Spring Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Fort White Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Heavenly Rest Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Horeb Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ft. White Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Advent Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Elim Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tustenuggee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nobel Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (141 more) ...
    • Santa Fe Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ichetucknee Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ichetucknee Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ichetucknee Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Fort White.
    • Wayfair Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Hollingsworth Bluff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hollingsworth Bluff.

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

  • Fort White
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • High Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mikesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mikesville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
  • Branford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Columbia is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Alachua
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Newnansville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Newnansville is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnansville
  • O'Brien
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jonesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hague
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Hague is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
  • La Crosse
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Lulu
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • McAlpin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Rutledge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge

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

Newspapers Published in Hollingsworth Bluff ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollingsworth Bluff.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollingsworth Bluff, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollingsworth Bluff.

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 Hollingsworth Bluff:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hollingsworth Bluff) 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 Hollingsworth Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.