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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 have occurred.

  • 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 hospitals and doctors 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 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Armstrong
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine South have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
    • 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)
      • 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
    • Doctors Inlet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
    • 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)
      • 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.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace is located in Clay County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
    • Bowden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
    • Sans Pareil
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
    • Jacksonville Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
      • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peniel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
    • 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)
    • Grandin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Welaka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Molasses Junction, see our County-by-County Page for 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 23 miles [37 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

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.

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 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bakersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bakersville Cemetery
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Memorial Cemetery
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <6>
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Lorenzo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Lorenzo Cemetery
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • St. Augustine National Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Augustine National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine National Cemetery
  • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Augustine Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine Memorial Park
  • Little Ruth Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Ruth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Ruth Cemetery
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Sampson Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sampson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sampson Cemetery
    • Putnam County Poor Farm Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacksonville Memory Gardens
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacksonville Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacksonville Memory Gardens

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.<7>

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
  • Armstrong
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
  • Federal Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
  • Picolata
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picolata have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
  • West Tocoi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Tocoi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
  • Bridgeport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
  • Bostwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Moultrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moultrie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
  • Saint Augustine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Walkill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
    • Walkill is located in Clay County
  • Teasdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teasdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
    • Teasdale is located in Putnam County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Orange Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
      • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Anastasia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anastasia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
      • Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
    • Sampson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sampson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
      • Sampson is located in Saint Johns County

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.

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

The official website for Saint Johns County: www.co.st-johns.fl.us/

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

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 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>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Molasses Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Molasses Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8511, Longitude: -81.4937       In this case, the coordinates for Molasses Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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.




 

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