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Nearest Communities to Horseshoe Beach,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Horseshoe Beach, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Horseshoe Beach:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northeast 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 north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Horseshoe Beach.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Horseshoe Beach is located in Dixie County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dixie County: Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy & Taylor.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Horseshoe Beach. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Dixie County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Horseshoe Beach (which is Dixie County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Horseshoe Beach

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Dixie County   (where Horseshoe Beach resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.dixiecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Dixie:   Cross City
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Horseshoe Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe Beach.
      • Horseshoe
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
      • Shired Island
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Shired Island is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shired Island
      • Suwannee
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Broscan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Broscan is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broscan
      • Jena
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Jena is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
      • Steward City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Steward City is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
      • Cross City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eugene
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Eugene is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
      • Shamrock
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Shamrock is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
      • Yellow Jacket
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Yellow Jacket is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
      • Jonesboro
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
      • Hines
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Hines is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Old Town
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
        • Dixietown
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Dixietown is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixietown
        • Fletcher
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Fletcher is located in Dixie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
  • Gilchrist County
  • Levy County
    • County Website:   https://www.levycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Levy:   Bronson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Horseshoe Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe Beach.
      • Vista
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Vista is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Fowlers Bluff
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Fowlers Bluff is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Bluff
      • Beech Creek ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Beech Creek is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
      • Lukens
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Lukens is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukens
      • Manatee Road
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Manatee Road is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
      • Wakasassa ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Wakasassa is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakasassa
      • Sumner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Sumner is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
      • Andrews
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Andrews is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
      • Chiefland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hardeetown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Hardeetown is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeetown
      • Cedar Key
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosewood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosewood is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
      • Usher
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Usher is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usher
  • Suwannee County
  • Taylor County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Horseshoe Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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