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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 Loretto (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 Loretto. 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 hospitals and 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.

Loretto is located in Duval 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 Duval County: Baker, Clay, Nassau & Saint Johns.

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

  • Duval County     (The home county of Loretto)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loretto, with the one closest to Loretto listed first.
    • Bowden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
    • San Marco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
      • San Marco is located in Duval County
    • Sans Pareil
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
    • Arlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Duval County
    • Brooklyn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Brooklyn is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Heights
      • Jacksonville Heights is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Normandy Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Talleyrand
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
      • Talleyrand is located in Duval County
    • San Pablo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pablo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
      • San Pablo is located in Duval County
    • Magnolia Gardens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
      • Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
      • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
      • Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
      • Pablo Beach
      • Ruby
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <1>
  • Bradford County
    • Lawtey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loretto, with the one closest to Loretto listed first.
    • Orange Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace is located in Clay County
    • Lakeside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
    • Doctors Inlet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Cove Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Asbury Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbury Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
    • Middleburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Penney Farms
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
    • Kingsley Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loretto, with the one closest to Loretto listed first.
    • Bryceville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nassau Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nassau Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
      • Nassau Village is located in Nassau County
    • Crawford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Nassau County
    • Amelia City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amelia City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia City
      • Amelia City is located in Nassau County
    • Callahan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loretto, with the one closest to Loretto listed first.
    • Bostwick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Federal Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loretto, with the one closest to Loretto listed first.
    • Fruit Cove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Saint Johns
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Palm Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
    • Ponte Vedra Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ponte Vedra
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponte Vedra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
      • Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
    • Sawgrass
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawgrass have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
    • Tocoi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Vilano Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Augustine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elkton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Augustine South
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine South have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
    • Armstrong
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County

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

Newspapers Published in Loretto ...

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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loretto.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loretto, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loretto.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Loretto:

Cemeteries Near Loretto ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loretto.

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

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

  • Sloans Landing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sloans Landing Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sloans Landing Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216571 <5>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mandarin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lofton's Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Church of Our Savior Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Julington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Julington Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Julington Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Julington Cemetery
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Moosehaven Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Moosehaven Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moosehaven Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264259 <5>
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jacksonville Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Sampson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sampson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sampson Cemetery
    • Sammis Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sammis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sammis Cemetery
    • Daniels Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daniels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daniels 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.<6>

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

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

  • Plummers
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers
    • Plummers is located in Duval County
  • Beauclerc
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beauclerc have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauclerc
    • Beauclerc is located in Duval County
  • Mandarin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mandarin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Mandarin is located in Duval County
  • Greenland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
    • Greenland is located in Duval County
  • Orange Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bowden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
    • Bowden is located in Duval County
  • Switzerland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Switzerland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
    • Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
  • Bayard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Bayard is located in Duval County
  • Hibernia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hibernia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
    • Hibernia is located in Clay County
  • Lakeside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Lakeside is located in Clay County
  • Sampson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sampson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
    • Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
  • Spring Glen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
    • Spring Glen is located in Duval County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Saint Nicholas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Nicholas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
    • South Jacksonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Jacksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
      • South Jacksonville is located in Duval County
    • Arlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Duval County

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

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

The official website for State of Florida: 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>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.
<4>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- Loretto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loretto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1659, Longitude: -81.6171    
<5>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.
<6>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 Loretto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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