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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 Hugh (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 Hugh. 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 southeast 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 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.

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Hugh)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Middleburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Kingsley Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Asbury Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Doctors Inlet
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Penney Farms
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Green Cove Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Keystone Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Waldo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Earleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • MacClenny
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanderson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Olustee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Taylor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylor is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Lawtey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Starke
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hampton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Graham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbia County
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Maxville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Baldwin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonville Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville Heights is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Heights
    • Normandy Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mandarin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Brooklyn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Brooklyn is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Loretto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia Gardens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
    • San Marco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • San Marco is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
    • Bowden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
    • Saint Nicholas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Bryceville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Crawford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Crawford is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Callahan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nassau Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Nassau Village is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
  • Putnam County
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Fruit Cove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Saint Johns
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hugh, with the one closest to Hugh listed first.
    • Raiford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Butler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Worthington Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Charlton County (GA)

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

Cemeteries Near Hugh ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hugh.

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 Hugh - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Long Branch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Deese Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Manning Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawtey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Padget Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mantown Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Peetsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Prison Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (115 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.<4>

While we didn't find Hugh in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hugh.

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

  • Maxville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxville is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Highland is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Lawtey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • MacClenny
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Baldwin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Glen Saint Mary
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Middleburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingsley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kingsley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
  • Sanderson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Starke
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lakeside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Bryceville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sweetwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweetwater is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Marietta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Marietta is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • New River
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • New River is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River

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

Newspapers Published in Hugh ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hugh.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hugh, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hugh.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites 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 Hugh:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Hugh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hugh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.