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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 Meadowbrook Terrace (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 Meadowbrook Terrace. 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 Meadowbrook Terrace ...

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 have occurred.

Another variation: Meadow Brook Terrace.

  • A typical abbreviation for Meadowbrook Terrace: Meadowbrook Ter. (or less commonly used: Meadowbrook Terr.)

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.

Meadowbrook Terrace is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Duval, Putnam & Saint Johns.

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Meadowbrook Terrace)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Terrace, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Terrace listed first.
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace is located in Clay County
    • Orange Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lakeside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
    • Doctors Inlet
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Asbury Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbury Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
    • Middleburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Cove Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Penney Farms
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
    • Kingsley Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Terrace, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Terrace listed first.
    • MacClenny
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Terrace, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Terrace listed first.
    • Lawtey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Starke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Terrace, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Terrace listed first.
    • Mandarin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mandarin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Heights
      • Jacksonville Heights is located in Duval County
    • Loretto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
    • Normandy Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bowden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
    • Brooklyn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Brooklyn is located in Duval County
    • Saint Nicholas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Nicholas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
    • San Marco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
      • San Marco is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Magnolia Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
      • Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County
    • Arlington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Duval County
    • Talleyrand
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
      • Talleyrand is located in Duval County
    • Sans Pareil
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Terrace, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Terrace listed first.
    • Bryceville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Crawford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crawford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Nassau County
    • Nassau Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nassau Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
      • Nassau Village is located in Nassau County
    • Callahan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Putnam County
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Meadowbrook Terrace, with the one closest to Meadowbrook Terrace listed first.
    • Fruit Cove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Johns
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Palm Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Ponte Vedra
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponte Vedra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
      • Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
    • Sawgrass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawgrass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
    • Tocoi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Vilano Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlton County (GA)
    • Saint George
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint George have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
      • Saint George is located in Charlton County (GA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint George <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Meadowbrook Terrace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meadowbrook Terrace.

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

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

  • Jacksonville Memory Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacksonville Memory Gardens
    • The Jacksonville Memory Gardens has also been known as:
    • Jacksonville Memory Garden
  • Moosehaven Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moosehaven Cemetery
    • 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.<1>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264259 <4>
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Church of Our Savior Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Daniels Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daniels Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daniels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mandarin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Federal Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Federal Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Federal Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lofton's Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rideout Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rideout Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rideout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sloans Landing Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sloans Landing Cemetery
    • 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.<1>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216571 <4>
  • Riverside Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (95 more) ...
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Parrish Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parrish Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parrish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<5>

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

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

  • Orange Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lakeside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lakeside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Lakeside is located in Clay County
  • Mandarin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mandarin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Mandarin is located in Duval County
  • Sweetwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Sweetwater is located in Duval County
  • Plummers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plummers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers
    • Plummers is located in Duval County
  • Beauclerc
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beauclerc have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauclerc
    • Beauclerc is located in Duval County
  • Hibernia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hibernia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
    • Hibernia is located in Clay County
  • Switzerland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Switzerland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
    • Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
  • Bowden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
    • Bowden is located in Duval County
  • Middleburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Marietta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marietta is located in Duval County
  • Saint Nicholas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Nicholas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
    • Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • South Jacksonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Jacksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
      • South Jacksonville is located in Duval County
    • Edgewood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Duval County
    • Greenland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
      • Greenland 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 Meadowbrook Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meadowbrook Terrace.

Newspapers Published in Meadowbrook Terrace ...

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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meadowbrook Terrace.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meadowbrook Terrace, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meadowbrook Terrace.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Meadowbrook Terrace:

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

The official website for Clay County: www.claycountygov.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Meadowbrook Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Meadowbrook Terrace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meadowbrook Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1775, Longitude: -81.7345       In this case, the coordinates for Meadowbrook Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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