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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Leroy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Leroy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leroy, please Contact Us.

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 Leroy (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 Leroy. 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.

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Leroy is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion 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 Marion County: Alachua, Citrus, Lake, Levy, Putnam, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Marion County     (The home county of Leroy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leroy, with the one closest to Leroy listed first.
    • Fellowship
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Chatmire
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
      • Chatmire is located in Marion County
    • Dunnellon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocala
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <2>
    • Martin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Lowell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Danks Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
    • Heijahs Town ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heijahs Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heijahs Town
      • Heijahs Town is located in Marion County
    • Anthony
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Silver Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Reddick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leroy, with the one closest to Leroy listed first.
    • Evinston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Micanopy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Island Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lochloosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Archer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leroy, with the one closest to Leroy listed first.
    • Citrus Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Holder
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hernando
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Beverly Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
    • Citrus Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Black Diamond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
      • Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
    • Inverness
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Lecanto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Mannfield ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mannfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
      • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leroy, with the one closest to Leroy listed first.
    • Conant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
      • Conant is located in Lake County
    • Lady Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Village
      • Carlton Village is located in Lake County
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leroy, with the one closest to Leroy listed first.
    • Morriston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • East Williston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Williston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
    • Williston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Williston Highlands
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williston Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
    • Inglis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Raleigh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
    • Yankeetown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Gulf Hammock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • East Bronson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
    • Bronson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Otter Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leroy, with the one closest to Leroy listed first.
    • Oxford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Villages
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Villages have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
    • Coleman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
      • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Adamsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
      • Adamsville is located in Sumter County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Leroy ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leroy.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Leroy. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Leroy and those printed in the larger area surrounding Leroy.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5> of Leroy.

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 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 Leroy:

Cemeteries Near Leroy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leroy.

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

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

  • Wesley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Cemetery
  • Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
  • St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
  • Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<5> to the northeast of Ocala.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484320 <6>
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
  • Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
  • Watula Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watula Cemetery
  • Carter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Hill Cemetery
  • Rockwell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockwell Cemetery
  • Dunnellon Community Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunnellon Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunnellon Community Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Continue List   (91 more) ...
    • Dog Ear Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Agnew Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agnew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agnew 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.

Leroy itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

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

  • York
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for York have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in Marion County
  • Cotton Plant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
    • Cotton Plant is located in Marion County
  • Early Bird
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Early Bird have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Bird
    • Early Bird is located in Marion County
  • Martel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
    • Martel is located in Marion County
  • Fellowship
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
    • Fellowship is located in Marion County
  • Romeo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romeo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
    • Romeo is located in Marion County
  • Blitchton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blitchton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchton
    • Blitchton is located in Marion County
  • Ocala
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
    • Ocala is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <2>
  • Kendrick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendrick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
    • Kendrick is located in Marion County
  • Martin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Marion County
  • Santos
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santos have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santos
    • Santos is located in Marion County
  • Montague
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montague have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
    • Montague is located in Marion County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Leroy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leroy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leroy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1344, Longitude: -82.3295       In this case, the coordinates for Leroy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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