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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 Lands End Ranch (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 Lands End Ranch. 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 Lands End Ranch ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lands End Ranch: Lands End Rnch.
  • While the name of this community is Lands End Ranch, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lands End Ranch may originally have been Land's End Ranch.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lands End Ranch might be written as Land End Ranch.

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.

Lands End Ranch is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Saint Johns & Volusia.

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

  • Putnam County     (The home county of Lands End Ranch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.
    • Keuka
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Edgar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Interlachen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mannville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Mannville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
    • Hollister
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grandin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • Nashua
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Nashua is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Florahome
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Putnam Hall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Peniel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Satsuma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Welaka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.
    • Hawthorne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lochloosa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Island Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Campville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • Earleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Evinston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rochelle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Micanopy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Waldo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Gainesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Arredondo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.
    • Hampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Graham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Starke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.
    • Lake Geneva
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Keystone Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Kingsley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Penney Farms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.
    • Orange Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort McCoy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kerr City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
    • Citra
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salt Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparr
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McIntosh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Anthony
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Paynes Town ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Paynes Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Town
    • Reddick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lowell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Irvine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.
    • Hastings
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tocoi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
  • Volusia County

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

Cemeteries Near Lands End Ranch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lands End Ranch.

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 Lands End Ranch - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.

  • Orange Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Keuka Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cornelius Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pineview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Drummond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Naomi Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mary Elizabeth Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sister Spring Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gilgal MB Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gordon Chapel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Ochwilla Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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 Lands End Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lands End Ranch.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lands End Ranch, with the one closest to Lands End Ranch listed first.

  • Orange Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Keuka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Keuka is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
  • Interlachen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Johnson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnson is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
  • Mannville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mannville is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
  • Hollister
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McMeekin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • McMeekin is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMeekin
  • Eureka
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Eureka is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Hawthorne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fort McCoy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Grandin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lochloosa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Island Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Putnam Hall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Norwalk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwalk is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk

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

Newspapers Published in Lands End Ranch ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lands End Ranch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lands End Ranch, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lands End Ranch.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Lands End Ranch:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Lands End Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lands End Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.