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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 Lokosee (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 Lokosee. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Lokosee is located in Osceola 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 Osceola County: Brevard, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Okeechobee, Orange & Polk.

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

  • Osceola County     (The home county of Lokosee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lokosee, with the one closest to Lokosee listed first.
    • Yeehaw Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kenansville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lokosee, with the one closest to Lokosee listed first.
    • Barefoot Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Micco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Grant - Valkaria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • June Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for June Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for June Park
      • June Park is located in Brevard County
    • Palm Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Melbourne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Malabar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Melbourne Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melbourne Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne Village
      • Melbourne Village is located in Brevard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
    • Melbourne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Eau Gallie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Gallie
      • Eau Gallie is located in Brevard County
    • Melbourne Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Highlands County
  • Indian River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lokosee, with the one closest to Lokosee listed first.
    • Fellsmere
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Roseland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sebastian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Wabasso
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • North Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
      • North Beach is located in Indian River County
    • Orchid
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid
      • Orchid is located in Indian River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
    • Winter Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lokosee, with the one closest to Lokosee listed first.
    • Cacema Town ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cacema Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacema Town
      • Cacema Town is located in Polk County
    • Indian Lake Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Lokosee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lokosee.

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

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

  • Ft. Kissimmee Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Kissimmee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Kissimmee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fountainhead Memorial Park
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Sebastian Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Sebastian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Sebastian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Celia Padgett Cain Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Basinger Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Basinger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Basinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grant Community Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sebastian Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sebastian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sebastian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Micco
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Valkaria
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valkaria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valkaria
    • Valkaria is located in Brevard County
  • Sebastian
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Malabar
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Melbourne
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Lokosee ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lokosee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lokosee, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lokosee.

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 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 Lokosee:

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

The official website for Osceola County: www.osceola.org/

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

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 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.
<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 Lokosee, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lokosee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lokosee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7556, Longitude: -80.9120       In this case, the coordinates for Lokosee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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