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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 Lawhons Mill (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 Lawhons Mill. 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 Lawhons Mill ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lawhons Mill: Lawhons Ml. (or less commonly used: Lawhons Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Lawhons Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lawhons Mill may originally have been Lawhon's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lawhons Mill might be written as Lawhon Mill.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Lawhons Mill is located in Wakulla 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 Wakulla County: Franklin, Jefferson, Leon & Liberty.

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

  • Wakulla County     (The home county of Lawhons Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawhons Mill, with the one closest to Lawhons Mill listed first.
    • Crawfordville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Wakulla Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Panacea
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sopchoppy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Marks
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Curtis Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
      • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawhons Mill, with the one closest to Lawhons Mill listed first.
    • Saint Teresa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lanark Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Carrabelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gadsden County
    • Midway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawhons Mill, with the one closest to Lawhons Mill listed first.
    • Thomas City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas City
      • Thomas City is located in Jefferson County
    • Wacissa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawhons Mill, with the one closest to Lawhons Mill listed first.
    • Woodville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tallahassee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Capitola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawhons Mill, with the one closest to Lawhons Mill listed first.
    • Telogia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hosford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lawhons Mill ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawhons Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawhons Mill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawhons Mill.

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 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 Lawhons Mill:

Cemeteries Near Lawhons Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawhons Mill.

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 Lawhons Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Pelt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pelt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pelt Cemetery
  • Arran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arran Cemetery
  • Council Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Council Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Council Cemetery
  • Raker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Raker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Raker Cemetery
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
  • Duggar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duggar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duggar Cemetery
  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Park Cemetery
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richardson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richardson Cemetery
  • Grimes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grimes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grimes Cemetery
  • Debra Nell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Debra Nell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Debra Nell Cemetery
  • Walker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
  • Causseaux Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Causseaux Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Causseaux Cemetery
  • Continue List   (57 more) ...
    • Sutton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sutton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sutton Cemetery
    • Simmons Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
    • Raher Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Raher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Raher 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.<5>

While we didn't find Lawhons Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawhons Mill.

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

  • Crawfordville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sopchoppy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Marks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wakulla
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wakulla have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
    • Wakulla is located in Wakulla County
  • Curtis Mill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curtis Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
  • Newport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Wakulla County
  • Woodville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smith Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
    • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County
  • Saint Teresa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Holland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Leon County
  • Tallahassee
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Bloxham
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloxham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloxham
    • Bloxham is located in Leon County
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Midway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wetumpka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetumpka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
      • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
    • Chaires
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaires have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaires
      • Chaires is located in Leon County

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

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

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawhons Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawhons Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1663, Longitude: -84.4021       In this case, the coordinates for Lawhons Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Lawhons Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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