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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 Land O' Lakes (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 Land O' Lakes. 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 Land O' Lakes ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Land O' Lakes: Land O Lks.

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 hospitals 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.

Land O' Lakes is located in Pasco 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 Pasco County: Hernando, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk & Sumter.

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

  • Pasco County     (The home county of Land O' Lakes)
  • Hernando County
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land O' Lakes, with the one closest to Land O' Lakes listed first.
    • Lake Brooker Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Brooker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brooker Village
      • Lake Brooker Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Lutz
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Florida Townsend Colony
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florida Townsend Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Townsend Colony
      • Florida Townsend Colony is located in Hillsborough County
    • Lake Keen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Sapphire Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Sapphire Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sapphire Village
      • Lake Sapphire Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Yocam Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yocam Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocam Village
      • Yocam Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Biarritz Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biarritz Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
      • Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Cannes Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannes Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
      • Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Cheval Wimbledon Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheval Wimbledon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheval Wimbledon Village
      • Cheval Wimbledon Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Cheval
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheval have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheval
      • Cheval is located in Hillsborough County
    • Heritage Harbor Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Harbor Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbor Village
      • Heritage Harbor Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Brant Lake Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brant Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake Village
      • Brant Lake Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Kambridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pinellas County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land O' Lakes, with the one closest to Land O' Lakes listed first.
    • Kathleen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Winston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
      • Winston is located in Polk County
    • Gibsonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibsonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County

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

Cemeteries Near Land O' Lakes ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Land O' Lakes.

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 Land O' Lakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Land O' Lakes, with the one closest to Land O' Lakes listed first.

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 Land O' Lakes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Land O' Lakes.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Land O' Lakes, with the one closest to Land O' Lakes listed first.

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

Newspapers Published in Land O' Lakes ...

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 Land O' Lakes.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Land O' Lakes:

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

The official website for Pasco County: www.pascocountyfl.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Land O' Lakes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Land O' Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2190, Longitude: -82.4583    
<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 Land O' Lakes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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