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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 Johnstown (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 Johnstown. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Johnstown is located in Union County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Alachua, Baker, Bradford & Columbia.

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

  • Union County     (The home county of Johnstown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Raiford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Butler
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Worthington Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • La Crosse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hague
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
    • Alachua
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnetts Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
    • Earleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • High Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutledge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
    • Melrose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gainesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Windsor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Jonesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Sanderson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Olustee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • MacClenny
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Baker County
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Brooker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Starke
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawtey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Graham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hampton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Kingsley Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
    • Kingsley Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
    • Keystone Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Middleburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Geneva
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Asbury Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbury Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
    • Penney Farms
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Doctors Inlet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Lulu
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • McColskey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McColskey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
      • McColskey is located in Columbia County
    • Watertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
      • Watertown is located in Columbia County
    • Five Points
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
      • Five Points is located in Columbia County
    • Lake City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort White
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Maxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
    • Baldwin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Nassau County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
    • Putnam Hall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grandin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Johnstown ...

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 Johnstown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnstown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnstown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Johnstown:

Cemeteries Near Johnstown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnstown.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Little Rock Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Rock Cemetery
  • Sapp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Varnes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Varnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Varnes Cemetery
  • McKinney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dyal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dyal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Raiford.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dyal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71915 <4>
  • Conner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dekle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dekle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dekle Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Prison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prison Cemetery
  • New River Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Markey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Markey Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Markey Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Brooker.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Markey Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2328391 <4>
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...
    • Bob Lov Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • DeSue Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the DeSue Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the DeSue Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2280442 <4>
    • Elzey Chapel Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elzey Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elzey Chapel Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Lake Butler
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • New River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
    • New River is located in Bradford County
  • Lawtey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lulu
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sanderson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hampton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Highland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Clay County
  • Olustee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • La Crosse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Kingsley is located in Clay County
  • Glen Saint Mary
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mount Carrie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carrie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carrie
    • Mount Carrie is located in Columbia County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Waldo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Theressa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Theressa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theressa
      • Theressa is located in Bradford County
    • Maxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
      • Maxville is located in Duval County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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- Johnstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0444, Longitude: -82.2721       In this case, the coordinates for Johnstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 Johnstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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