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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Manatee Road (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 Manatee Road. 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 Manatee Road ...

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: Manattee Road.

  • A typical abbreviation for Manatee Road: Manatee Rd.

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 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.

Manatee Road is located in Levy 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 Levy County: Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist & Marion.

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

  • Levy County     (The home county of Manatee Road)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manatee Road, with the one closest to Manatee Road listed first.
    • Andrews
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Andrews is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Chiefland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Otter Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bronson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Meredith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • East Bronson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Gulf Hammock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Williston Highlands
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
    • Cedar Key
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Raleigh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • Williston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manatee Road, with the one closest to Manatee Road listed first.
    • Newberry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Archer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jonesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • High Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia County
    • Fort White
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Dixie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manatee Road, with the one closest to Manatee Road listed first.
    • Old Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
    • Cross City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Suwannee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Horseshoe Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Steward City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Steward City is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manatee Road, with the one closest to Manatee Road listed first.
    • Fanning Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Trenton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bell
      (17 miles [27.4 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
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Little Lake City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
  • Suwannee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manatee Road, with the one closest to Manatee Road listed first.
    • Suwannee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee
    • Branford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Taylor County

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

Cemeteries Near Manatee Road ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manatee Road.

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 Manatee Road - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hardee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Chiefland Community Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chiefland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Adamsville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Town Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Galilee Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Levyville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
    • The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cherry Sink Cemetery
  • Continue List   (69 more) ...
    • Keen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Usher Family Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Zion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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>

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

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

  • Chiefland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellzey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellzey is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellzey
  • Otter Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bronson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Suwannee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee
  • Rosewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Rosewood is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Meredith
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Meredith is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
  • Sumner
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sumner is located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
  • Gulf Hammock
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Archer
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jonesville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Key
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • High Springs
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Williston
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Manatee Road ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manatee Road.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manatee Road, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manatee Road.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Manatee Road:

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 Manatee Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Manatee Road) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.