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 Killen Estates (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 Killen Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Killen Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Killen Estates: Killen Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Killen Estates 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 Killen Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Killen Estates:
- Hillsborough County (The home county of Killen Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Florida Townsend Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake Keen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
- Lutz
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lake Brooker Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lake Brooker Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brooker Village
- Kambridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kambridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kambridge
- Lake Sapphire Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Sapphire Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sapphire Village
- Yocam Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yocam Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocam Village
- Brant Lake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brant Lake Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake Village
- Cannes Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
- Cheval Wimbledon Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Heritage Harbor Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Biarritz Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
- Hernando County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Masaryktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Timber Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
- Weeki Wachee Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
- Spring Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- South Brooksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Brooksville is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
- Weeki Wachee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hernando Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brookridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brookridge is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
- High Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- High Point is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hill 'n Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
- Wiscon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wiscon is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
- Pasco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Land O' Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wesley Chapel South
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
- Wesley Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fivay ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fivay is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
- Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
- Trinity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- San Antonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Zephyrhills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Leo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Elfers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pinellas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Oldsmar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Lake is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Tarpon Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Safety Harbor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
- Crystal Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Palm Harbor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bayview ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayview is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Dunedin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ozona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Feather Sound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gandy is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Kathleen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Gibsonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gibsonia is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
- Lakeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Killen Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Killen Estates.
Cemeteries Near Killen Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Killen Estates.
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 Killen Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Killen Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Gan Shalom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Carroll Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Land O' Lakes.
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ehren African American Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319666 <2>
- Double Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Robles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sunset Gardens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Israel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
- The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2425075 <2>
- Showmans Rest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
- Continue List (97 more) ...
- Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old)
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
- The Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
- Old Centro Asturiano Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2346261 <2>
- Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Home Cemetery
- The Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland 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.<4>
While we didn't find Killen Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Killen Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Killen Estates, with the one closest to Killen Estates listed first.
- Ehren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ehren is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
- Odessa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thonotosassa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
- Tampa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
- Mango
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- San Antonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Seffner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Leo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Limona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Limona is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
- Brandon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keene
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Keene is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
- Port Richey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Valrico
(19 miles [30.6 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 Killen Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Killen Estates.
Newspapers Published in Killen Estates ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Killen Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Killen Estates, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Killen Estates.
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 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 Killen Estates:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Hillsborough County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hernando County
- Pasco County
- Pinellas County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Killen Estates) 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 Killen Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |