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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 Lake Hammock Village (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 Lake Hammock Village. 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 Lake Hammock Village ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Hammock Village: Lk. Hammock Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 and hospitals 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.

Lake Hammock Village is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco & Sumter.

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Lake Hammock Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hammock Village, with the one closest to Lake Hammock Village listed first.
    • Haines City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Davenport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Hamilton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Alfred
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dundee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Winter Haven
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Loughman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Auburndale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Inwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Inwood is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Waverly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Eloise
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jan-Phyl Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jan-Phyl Village is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jan-Phyl Village
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hammock Village, with the one closest to Lake Hammock Village listed first.
    • Colonial Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Kings Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
    • South Plant City Farms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • South Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plant City Farms
    • Knights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
    • Plant City Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Plant City Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City Heights
    • Plant City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hammock Village, with the one closest to Lake Hammock Village listed first.
    • Four Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Clermont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Waits Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hammock Village, with the one closest to Lake Hammock Village listed first.
    • Bay Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bay Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Lake Buena Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lake Buena Vista is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Buena Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
    • Hunters Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunters Creek is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
    • Williamsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Williamsburg is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Bay Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Bay Hill is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
    • Doctor Phillips
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Doctor Phillips is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Phillips
    • Meadow Woods
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow Woods is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Woods
    • Southchase
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Southchase is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southchase
    • Sand Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tangelo Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tangelo Park is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo Park
    • Lake Butter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lake Butter is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Butter
    • Windermere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Taft
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Taft is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hammock Village, with the one closest to Lake Hammock Village listed first.
    • Poinciana Place
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
    • ChampionsGate
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
    • Poinciana
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Reunion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Intercession City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Campbell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Celebration
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kissimmee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Cloud
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Runnymede
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Hammock Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Hammock Village.

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 Lake Hammock Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Oakland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Lowery Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rolling Hills Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ret Row Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Davenport.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Davenport Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71888 <2>
  • Lakeside Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Inman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Friendship MB Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Auburndale Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (86 more) ...

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

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

  • Haines City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Winter Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Auburndale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wahneta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Wahneta is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta
  • Gordonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordonville is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
  • Kissimmee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Bartow
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Pond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Pond is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
  • Saint Cloud
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Kathleen
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Homeland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Runnymede
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
    • Windermere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Hammock Village ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Hammock Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Hammock Village, 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 Lake Hammock Village.

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 either 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 Lake Hammock Village:

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 Lake Hammock Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lake Hammock Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.