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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 Lisbon (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 Lisbon. 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 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.

Lisbon is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Lisbon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Orange Bend
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Orange Bend is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
    • Mid Florida Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mid Florida Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Florida Lakes
    • Silver Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Silver Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Bassville Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bassville Park is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville Park
    • Grand Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tavares
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Eustis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Carlton Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlton Village is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Village
    • Leesburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruitland Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lady Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Weirsdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastlake Weir
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocklawaha
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Candler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Electra is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Belleview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Springs Shores
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Danks Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lynne is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynne
    • Silver Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocala
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Tangerine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Zellwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plymouth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Apopka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
    • South Apopka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Apopka is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Apopka
    • Killarney
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Crown Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Point is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
    • Oakland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Tildenville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tildenville is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
    • Winter Garden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarcona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocoee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <1>
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Forest City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
    • Heathrow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Lake Monroe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Mary
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Longwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Fern Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • The Villages
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
    • Orange Home
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Orange Home is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
    • Adamsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Wildwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oxford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Coleman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sumterville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Center Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mabel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Mabel is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Bushnell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Webster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Linden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Linden is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Fort Florida
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
    • Volusia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Volusia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia
    • Beresford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Beresford is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
    • De Bary
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Valdez
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
    • Highland Park ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Orange City Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
    • West De Land
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • West De Land is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West De Land
    • Emporia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Emporia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
    • De Land Southwest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • De Land Southwest is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land Southwest
    • Orange City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Glenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lisbon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lisbon.

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

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

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

  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Tavares Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeside Memory Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Marsh Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lane Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Umatilla Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (101 more) ...
    • Yalaha Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pine Forest Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Simpson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lisbon had a population of 114 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Orange Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Orange Bend is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
  • Grand Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Eldorado
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Eldorado is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
  • Tavares
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Mason
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fort Mason is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mason
  • Eustis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Leesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lane Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lane Park is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Park
  • Fruitland Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Montclair
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Montclair is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
  • Yalaha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ellsworth Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellsworth Junction is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth Junction
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Umatilla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lady Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Whitney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitney is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney

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

Newspapers Published in Lisbon ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lisbon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lisbon, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lisbon.

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 Lisbon:

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>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.
<3>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 Lisbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Lisbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.