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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Liberty (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 Liberty. 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 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.

Liberty is located in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon & Wakulla.

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

  • Liberty County     (The home county of Liberty)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
    • Telogia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hosford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Central City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Estiffanulga
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
    • Bristol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Sumatra
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
    • Marysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Blountstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chipola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
    • Ocheesee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
    • Clarksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Kinard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Altha
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
    • Greensboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Sycamore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Douglas City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
    • Gretna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Quincy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • River Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
    • Midway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Chattahoochee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Gulf County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
    • Wewahitchka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wetappo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Wetappo is located in Gulf County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetappo
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
    • Inwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Sneads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
    • Sopchoppy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Crawfordville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Liberty ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty.

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

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Burnoff Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nixon Garden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • McNair Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mitchum Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Humility Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bristol Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Woods Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Poley Branch Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (72 more) ...
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Boggs Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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.<2>

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

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

  • Orange
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Orange is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Estiffanulga
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
  • Lewis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Smith Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
  • Bristol
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bloxham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloxham is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloxham
  • Marysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Blountstown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Bluff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
  • Wetumpka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
  • Abe Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Abe Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abe Springs
  • Holland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holland is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Selman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Selman is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
    • Sycamore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Ocheesee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee

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

Newspapers Published in Liberty ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Liberty:

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>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 Liberty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.