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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Minorville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Minorville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Minorville, please Contact Us.

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 Minorville (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 Minorville. 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 doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Minorville is historic, it would have been located within present day Orange 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 Orange County: Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk & Seminole.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Minorville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Ocoee
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <2>
    • Gotha
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lake Butter
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Butter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Butter
      • Lake Butter is located in Orange County
    • Windermere
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Winter Garden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Orlovista
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orlovista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlovista
      • Orlovista is located in Orange County
    • Paradise Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
    • Clarcona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tildenville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tildenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
      • Tildenville is located in Orange County
    • Pine Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bay Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
      • Bay Hill is located in Orange County
    • Oakland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Montverde
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Waits Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waits Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
    • Ferndale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Minneola
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Clermont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lake Jem
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
    • Astatula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Plymouth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mount Dora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Howey-in-the-Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Celebration
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Kissimmee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Reunion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Campbell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
    • ChampionsGate
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
    • Intercession City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Runnymede
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runnymede have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Saint Cloud
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Poinciana Place
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poinciana Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
    • Poinciana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Loughman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Davenport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Haines City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Lake Hammock Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hammock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hammock Village
      • Lake Hammock Village is located in Polk County
    • Polk City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Forest City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
    • Altamonte Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wekiwa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Fern Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Casselberry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Longwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Heathrow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Winter Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Mary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oviedo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <2>
    • Lake Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Mabel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
      • Mabel is located in Sumter County
    • Center Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Linden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Sumter County
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Minorville, with the one closest to Minorville listed first.
    • Fort Florida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
    • Valdez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • De Bary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Enterprise
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Deltona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange City Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
    • Lemon Bluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
    • Osteen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Minorville ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minorville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minorville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minorville.

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 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 Minorville:

Cemeteries Near Minorville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minorville.

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

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

  • Ocoee Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocoee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocoee Cemetery
  • Woodlawn Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • West Orange Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Orange Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Orange Memorial Park
  • Winter Garden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winter Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winter Garden Cemetery
  • Woodlawn Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Memorial Park
  • West Orange Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Orange Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Orange Memorial Gardens
  • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery
  • Williams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
  • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery
  • Washington Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Park Cemetery
  • Florida Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florida Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florida Memorial Park
  • Edgewood - Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (83 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Montverde Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montverde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montverde Cemetery
    • Plymouth Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plymouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth 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.

Minorville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Ocoee
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
    • Ocoee is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <2>
  • Gotha
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Windermere
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Crown Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
    • Crown Point is located in Orange County
  • Winter Garden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Clarcona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tildenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tildenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tildenville
    • Tildenville is located in Orange County
  • Oakland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Killarney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Piedmont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Orange County
  • Montverde
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Orlando
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Apopka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Waits Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waits Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County

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

The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyfl.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Minorville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Minorville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minorville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5517, Longitude: -81.5380       In this case, the coordinates for Minorville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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