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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 Lottieville (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 Lottieville. 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 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.

Lottieville is located in Gilchrist 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 Gilchrist County: Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Lafayette & Levy.

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

  • Gilchrist County     (The home county of Lottieville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lottieville, with the one closest to Lottieville listed first.
    • Fanning Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Trenton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <1>
    • Waters Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Little Lake City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lottieville, with the one closest to Lottieville listed first.
    • Newberry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jonesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Archer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • High Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Alachua
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Arredondo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Rutledge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Hague
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
  • Columbia County
    • Fort White
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Dixie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lottieville, with the one closest to Lottieville listed first.
    • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
    • Old Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cross City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Suwannee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Horseshoe Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Steward City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Steward City is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lottieville, with the one closest to Lottieville listed first.
    • Andrews
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Andrews is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Manatee Road
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Manatee Road is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
    • Chiefland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bronson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meredith
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • Otter Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • East Bronson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Gulf Hammock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Raleigh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • Williston Highlands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
  • Suwannee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lottieville, with the one closest to Lottieville listed first.
    • Branford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Suwannee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee
    • O'Brien
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Taylor County

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

Cemeteries Near Lottieville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lottieville.

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

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
    • The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cherry Sink Cemetery
  • Old Town Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Priscilla Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Trenton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Cemetery
    • Former name for Trenton Cemetery:
    • Joppa Cemetery
  • Trenton Community Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jennings Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Lake Cemetery
    • The Jennings Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Judson Cemetery
  • Midway Church of Christ Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • McCrabb Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hardee Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (83 more) ...
    • Overstreet Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overstreet Family Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Overstreet Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Trenton.
    • Fayetteville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Chiefland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bronson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Meredith
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meredith is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
  • Ellzey
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ellzey is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellzey
  • Otter Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jonesville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Archer
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • High Springs
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Suwannee
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee
  • Fort White
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Branford
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Rosewood
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rosewood is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Gulf Hammock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sumner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Sumner is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
    • Alachua
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Lottieville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lottieville.

Newspapers Published in Lottieville ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lottieville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lottieville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lottieville.

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 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 Lottieville:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lottieville) 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 Lottieville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.