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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 Hart (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 Hart. 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 Hart ...

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 Lake Hart: Lk. Hart

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake Hart. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Hart.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Lake Hart is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk & Seminole.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Lake Hart)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hart, with the one closest to Lake Hart listed first.
    • Meadow Woods
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Meadow Woods is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Woods
    • Taft
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Taft is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Belle Isle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Isle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Isle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,294 people
    • Southchase
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Southchase is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southchase
    • Conway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Conway is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Pine Castle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sky Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sky Lake is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Lake
    • Azalea Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Wedgefield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wedgefield is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgefield
    • Holden Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Holden Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Heights
    • Hunters Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Hunters Creek is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
    • Alafaya
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hart, with the one closest to Lake Hart listed first.
    • Port Saint John
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Port Saint John is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Saint John
    • Sharpes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian River City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian River City is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
    • Cocoa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cocoa is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cocoa <1>
    • Mims
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Titusville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hart, with the one closest to Lake Hart listed first.
    • Four Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Montverde
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waits Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
    • Ethel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ethel is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hart, with the one closest to Lake Hart listed first.
    • Runnymede
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Cloud
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kissimmee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Intercession City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Celebration
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Poinciana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Poinciana Place
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
    • Reunion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • ChampionsGate
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hart, with the one closest to Lake Hart listed first.
    • Loughman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Davenport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Haines City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Hammock Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Hart, with the one closest to Lake Hart listed first.
    • Chuluota
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fern Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Oviedo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <1>
    • Casselberry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Iowa City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Iowa City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Winter Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Longwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Forest City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
    • Cameron City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
    • Geneva
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Volusia County
    • Lemon Bluff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Hart ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Hart.

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 Hart - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • East Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Lake Cemetery is located in Kissimmee.
    • The East Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Boggy Creek Cemetery
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238544 <2>
  • Lock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Narcoossee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Barber Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Peace Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Taft Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taft Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Taft.
    • The Taft Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Taft Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1217063 <2>
  • Howard Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kissimmee.
    • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosehill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72538 <2>
  • Osceola Memory Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Pinewood Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Rouse Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Narcoossee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Narcoossee is located in Osceola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcoossee
  • Runnymede
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
  • Conway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
  • Pine Castle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Cloud
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kissimmee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Orlando
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Goldenrod
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Winter Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maitland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Eatonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gotha
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Windermere
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Piedmont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Piedmont is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Clarcona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Hart ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Hart.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hart:

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 Hart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Lake Hart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.