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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 Lone Oak Grove (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 Lone Oak Grove. 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 Lone Oak Grove ...

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 occur.

Another variation: Lone Oakgrove.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lone Oak Grove: Lone Oak Grv.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Lone Oak Grove is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Lone Oak Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Oak Grove, with the one closest to Lone Oak Grove listed first.
    • West Plant City Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • West Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City Farms
    • Parrish
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Parrish is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
    • West Plant City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • West Plant City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City
    • Sydney
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Woodfield Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodfield Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield Village
    • Dover
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Durant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • South Plant City Farms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • South Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plant City Farms
    • Cedar Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Run is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
    • Strawberry Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Strawberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Village
    • Plant City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Valrico
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kings Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
  • Hardee County
    • Bowling Green
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Oak Grove, with the one closest to Lone Oak Grove listed first.
    • Duette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Parrish
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Oak Grove, with the one closest to Lone Oak Grove listed first.
    • Crystal Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Zephyrhills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Richland is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Land O' Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Leo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
      • Former name for San Antonio:
      • Lake Jovita
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
    • Dade City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Oak Grove, with the one closest to Lone Oak Grove listed first.
    • Gandy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Oldsmar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Oak Grove, with the one closest to Lone Oak Grove listed first.
    • Willow Oak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Nichols
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Winston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Medulla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Mulberry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands
    • Kathleen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Gibsonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
    • Crystal Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Eaton Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bradley Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction

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

Cemeteries Near Lone Oak Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Oak Grove.

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 Lone Oak Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hopewell Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Garden of Peace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brandon Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lithia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Springhead Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsboro Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Limona Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.
  • Continue List   (111 more) ...
    • Blue Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Oak Baptist Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Loving Care 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.<4>

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

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

  • Sydney
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Valrico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Plant City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomingdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Seffner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Brandon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Keysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
  • Knights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
  • Mango
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Limona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Keene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
  • Thonotosassa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Lakeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kathleen
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Lone Oak Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Oak Grove.

Newspapers Published in Lone Oak Grove ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Oak Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Oak Grove, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lone Oak Grove.

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 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 Lone Oak Grove:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Lone Oak Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lone Oak Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.