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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 Juniper (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 Juniper. 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 and doctors 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.

Juniper is located in Gadsden 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 Gadsden County: Calhoun, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Decatur (GA), Grady (GA) & Seminole (GA).

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

  • Gadsden County     (The home county of Juniper)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Greensboro
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sycamore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
    • Douglas City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
    • Gretna
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Quincy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • River Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
    • Chattahoochee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Havana
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Ocheesee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McNeal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
    • Blountstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Chipola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
    • Altha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Marysville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Clarksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Sneads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Inwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County
    • Grand Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Jackson County
    • Cypress
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Parramore ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
      • Parramore is located in Jackson County
    • Two Egg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
      • Two Egg is located in Jackson County
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocklockonee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
      • Ocklockonee is located in Leon County
    • Tallahassee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Hosford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Telogia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bristol
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Estiffanulga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estiffanulga. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Central City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
    • Lewis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lewis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
  • Decatur County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Recovery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
      • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
    • Faceville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Attapulgus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fowlstown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bainbridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Climax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Climax <1>
    • Brinson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinson
      • Brinson is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brinson <1>
  • Grady County (GA)
    • Calvary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Seminole County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Juniper, with the one closest to Juniper listed first.
    • Butlers Ferry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
      • Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
    • Reynoldsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
      • Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people

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

Cemeteries Near Juniper ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Juniper.

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 Juniper covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Poley Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poley Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poley Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gause Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gause Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gause Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunny Dell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Dell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Dell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Farrell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farrell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farrell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kent Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Florida State Hospital Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Western Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Western Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Williams Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Eastern Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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 Juniper in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Juniper.

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

  • Sycamore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
  • Wetumpka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetumpka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
    • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Bluff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
    • Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
  • Quincy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • River Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
    • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
  • Bloxham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloxham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloxham
    • Bloxham is located in Leon County
  • Chattahoochee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Recovery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
    • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
  • Bristol
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Holland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Leon County
  • Sneads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ocheesee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
    • Faceville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Selman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
      • Selman is located in Calhoun County

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

Newspapers Published in Juniper ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Juniper.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Juniper, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Juniper.

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 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 Juniper:

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

The official website for Gadsden County: www.gadsdengov.net/

The official website for State of Florida: https://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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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- Juniper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Juniper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5427, Longitude: -84.7532       In this case, the coordinates for Juniper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Juniper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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