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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 Moffitt (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 Moffitt. 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.

Moffitt is located in Hardee 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 Hardee County: DeSoto, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee & Polk.

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

  • Hardee County     (The home county of Moffitt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moffitt, with the one closest to Moffitt listed first.
    • Zolfo Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Wauchula
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bowling Green
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Crewsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
  • DeSoto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moffitt, with the one closest to Moffitt listed first.
    • Calvinia ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Calvinia is located in DeSoto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvinia
    • Arcadia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Nocatee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Fort Ogden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Highlands County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moffitt, with the one closest to Moffitt listed first.
    • Avon Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sebring
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Alpine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Alpine is located in Highlands County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • De Soto City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
    • Lake Placid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Placid Lakes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Lakes
    • Sylvan Shores
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moffitt, with the one closest to Moffitt listed first.
    • Duette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Myakka City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Verna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Verna is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moffitt, with the one closest to Moffitt listed first.
    • Fort Meade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Oponys Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Oponys Town is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oponys Town
    • Pittsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsburg is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Brewster ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Brewster is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Homeland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Frostproof
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction
    • Crooked Lake Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Crooked Lake Park is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lake Park
    • Alturas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Cox Corner ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cox Corner is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Corner
    • Armour ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Armour is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
    • Babson Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Moffitt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moffitt.

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

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wauchula Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauchula Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wauchula Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Wauchula.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72732 <2>
  • Coker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Olive Branch Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hart Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lamp Grounds Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Prescott Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitten Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Corinth Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Corinth Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Avon Park.
    • The Corinth Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bereah Cemetery
    • Corinth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242863 <2>
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Pine Level Campground Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Joshua Creek Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Ft. Meade Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Zolfo Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Wauchula
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Calvinia ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Calvinia is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvinia
  • Bowling Green
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Crewsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
  • Arcadia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Level
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Level is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Fort Meade
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Avon Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Nocatee
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Sandy
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Homeland
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Fort Ogden
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Moffitt ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moffitt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moffitt, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moffitt.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Moffitt:

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