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Nearest Communities to Keaton Beach,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Keaton Beach, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Keaton Beach:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

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 south 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 from Keaton Beach.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Keaton Beach is located in Taylor County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette & Madison.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Keaton Beach. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Taylor 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 Keaton Beach (which is Taylor 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 Keaton Beach

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Taylor County   (where Keaton Beach resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcountygov.com/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Perry
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Keaton Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Keaton Beach.
      • Dekle Beach
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Dekle Beach is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekle Beach
      • Fish Creek
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Fish Creek is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
      • Howell Place
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Howell Place is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Place
      • Dallus Creek Landing
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dallus Creek Landing is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallus Creek Landing
      • Salem
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Carbur
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Carbur is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbur
      • Athena
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Athena is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athena
      • Pinland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Pinland is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinland
      • Clara
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Clara is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
      • Tennille
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Tennille is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennille
      • Steinhatchee
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bucell Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Bucell Junction is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucell Junction
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Foley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Foley is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
        • Fenholloway
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Fenholloway is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenholloway
        • Hampton Springs
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Hampton Springs is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Springs
        • Nugalla ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Nugalla is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugalla
        • Perry
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Roach
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Roach is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
        • Secotan
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Secotan is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secotan
        • Atawalia ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Atawalia is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atawalia
        • Waylonzo
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Waylonzo is located in Taylor County
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        • Boyd
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Boyd is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
        • Econfina
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Econfina is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Econfina
        • Scanlon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Scanlon is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
        • Buckhorn
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Buckhorn is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
        • Ilcombe ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Ilcombe is located in Taylor County
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        • San Francisco de Oconi ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Mandalay
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Mandalay is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandalay
  • Dixie County
    • 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 Keaton Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Keaton Beach.
      • Steward City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Steward City is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
      • Broscan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Broscan is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broscan
      • Jena
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Jena is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
      • Jonesboro
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
      • Hines
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Hines is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
      • Horseshoe
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
      • Shamrock
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Shamrock is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Lafayette County
    • County Website:   https://lafayettecountyfl.org/
    • County Seat for Lafayette:   Mayo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Keaton Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Keaton Beach.
      • Cooks Hammock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hammock
      • San Pedro Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • San Pedro Junction is located in Lafayette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro Junction
      • Townsend
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Townsend is located in Lafayette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
      • Buckville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Buckville is located in Lafayette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
      • Mayo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Mayo is located in Lafayette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,289 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <3>
      • Peterson
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Peterson is located in Lafayette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
  • Suwannee County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keaton Beach) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.