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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 Molasses Junction (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 Molasses Junction. 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 Molasses Junction ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Molasses Junction: Molasses Jct. (or less commonly used: Molasses Jctn.)
  • While the name of this community is Molasses Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Molasses Junction may originally have been Molasse's Junction.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Molasses Junction might be written as Molasse Junction.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Molasses Junction is located in Saint Johns 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 Saint Johns County: Clay, Duval, Flagler & Putnam.

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

  • Saint Johns County     (The home county of Molasses Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Molasses Junction, with the one closest to Molasses Junction listed first.
    • Tocoi
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Armstrong
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Elkton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hastings
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Saint Augustine South
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Saint Augustine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Vilano Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Butler Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • Crescent Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Fruit Cove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Johns
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Molasses Junction, with the one closest to Molasses Junction listed first.
    • Green Cove Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Penney Farms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Asbury Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Doctors Inlet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Orange Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Middleburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Molasses Junction, with the one closest to Molasses Junction listed first.
    • Loretto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Mandarin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Bowden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
    • Sans Pareil
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
    • Jacksonville Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
      • Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
      • Pablo Beach
      • Ruby
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <2>
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Molasses Junction, with the one closest to Molasses Junction listed first.
    • Marineland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Palm Coast
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bunnell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Molasses Junction, with the one closest to Molasses Junction listed first.
    • Federal Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Bostwick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • East Palatka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • San Mateo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Palatka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peniel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • Satsuma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollister
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Florahome
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lake Como
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Pomona Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Nashua
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Nashua is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua

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

Cemeteries Near Molasses Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Molasses Junction.

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 Molasses Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bakersville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Craig Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Augustine.
    • The Craig Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <3>
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Augustine National Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Little Ruth Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...

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

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

  • Tocoi
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
  • Armstrong
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Federal Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
  • Picolata
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
  • West Tocoi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
  • Bridgeport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bostwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Moultrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Saint Augustine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Walkill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Walkill is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
  • Teasdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Teasdale is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Orange Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
    • Anastasia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
    • Sampson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson

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

Newspapers Published in Molasses Junction ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Molasses Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Molasses Junction, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Molasses Junction.

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 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 Molasses Junction:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 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.
<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 Molasses Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Molasses Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.