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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 Innfields (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 Innfields. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Innfields is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Innfields)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Innfields, with the one closest to Innfields listed first.
    • Northlake Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • Royal Troon Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Royal Troon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Troon Village
    • Canterbury Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
    • Westchase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
    • Fawn Ridge Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
    • Eaglebrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Eaglebrook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglebrook
    • Keystone Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
    • Eastbrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Eastbrook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbrook
    • Keystone
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Indian Lakes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
    • Logan Gate Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Logan Gate Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Gate Village
    • Country Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Country Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Innfields, with the one closest to Innfields listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Timber Pines
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
    • Hernando Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Acres
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
    • Weeki Wachee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Gardens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Gardens is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Gardens
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Innfields, with the one closest to Innfields listed first.
    • Odessa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elfers
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Beacon Square
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • New Port Richey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayonet Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Innfields, with the one closest to Innfields listed first.
    • Oldsmar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Tarpon Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Safety Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
    • Palm Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dunedin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ozona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Feather Sound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Clearwater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>

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

Cemeteries Near Innfields ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Innfields.

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

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

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

  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cycadia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Parklawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunedin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • East Elfers Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadowlawn Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (78 more) ...
    • Dunedin Highland Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marti Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Keystone Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Odessa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tampa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Port Richey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Tampa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Ehren
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Hudson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Thonotosassa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mango
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Limona
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Seffner
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Brandon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Valrico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Innfields ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Innfields.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Innfields, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Innfields.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Innfields:

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 Innfields, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Innfields) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.