Nearest Communities to Horseshoe,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Horseshoe, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Horseshoe:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Horseshoe.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Horseshoe 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 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Horseshoe. Of these communities, 38 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 (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
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Dixie County (where Horseshoe 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 ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe.
- Horseshoe Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shired Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shired Island is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shired Island
- Shamrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Cross City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eugene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eugene is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Broscan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broscan is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broscan
- Jena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jena is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Jonesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Steward City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Steward City is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
- Suwannee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Jacket
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yellow Jacket is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
- Hines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hines is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Old Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
- Dixietown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dixietown is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixietown
- Fletcher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Gilchrist County
- County Website: https://gilchrist.fl.us/
- County Seat for Gilchrist: Trenton
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Horseshoe ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe.
- Wilcox Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilcox Junction is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Junction
- Fanning Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilcox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilcox is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Lottieville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lottieville is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottieville
- Blitchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blitchville is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchville
- Wannee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wannee is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wannee
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Curtis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Bell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Tyler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Harvard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Little Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
- Lafayette County
- County Website: https://lafayettecountyfl.org/
- County Seat for Lafayette: Mayo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Horseshoe ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe.
- Cooks Hammock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hammock
- Hatchbend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
- Levy County
- County Website: https://www.levycounty.org/
- County Seat for Levy: Bronson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Horseshoe ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe.
- Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vista is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Fowlers Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlers Bluff is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Bluff
- Beech Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Creek is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Manatee Road
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Manatee Road is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
- Andrews
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Andrews is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Chiefland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hardeetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hardeetown is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeetown
- Lukens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lukens is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukens
- Wakasassa ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wakasassa is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakasassa
- Usher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Usher is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usher
- Rosewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sumner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sumner is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Cedar Key
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suwannee County
- County Website: https://suwanneecountyfl.gov/
- County Seat for Suwannee: Live Oak
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Horseshoe ...
- Suwannee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee
- Taylor County
- County Website: https://www.taylorcountygov.com/
- County Seat for Taylor: Perry
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Horseshoe ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Horseshoe.
- Steinhatchee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tennille
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tennille is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennille
- Clara
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clara is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Dallus Creek Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dallus Creek Landing is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallus Creek Landing
- Howell Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Howell Place is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Place
- Fish Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Creek is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carbur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carbur is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbur
- Keaton Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keaton Beach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keaton Beach
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) 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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