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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 Monteocha (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 Monteocha. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Monteocha is located in Alachua 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 Alachua County: Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam & Union.

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

  • Alachua County     (The home county of Monteocha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Waldo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • La Crosse
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hague
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
    • Gainesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rutledge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
    • Earleton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Burnetts Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnetts Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
    • Alachua
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Melrose
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Arredondo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
    • Jonesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawthorne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Baker County
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Graham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hampton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Starke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawtey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Keystone Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lake Geneva
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kingsley Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
    • Kingsley Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Lulu
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort White
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Gilchrist County
    • Waters Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Raleigh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
    • East Williston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Williston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
    • Williston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • East Bronson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • McIntosh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Orange Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Paynes Town ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paynes Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Town
      • Paynes Town is located in Marion County
    • Irvine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
    • Citra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Orange Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
    • Heijahs Town ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heijahs Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heijahs Town
      • Heijahs Town is located in Marion County
    • Reddick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Putnam Hall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Grandin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Florahome
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Edgar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Keuka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keuka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
    • Interlachen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollister
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteocha, with the one closest to Monteocha listed first.
    • Worthington Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Butler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Raiford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Monteocha ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monteocha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monteocha, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monteocha.

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 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 Monteocha:

Cemeteries Near Monteocha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monteocha.

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

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

  • Freedom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freedom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freedom Cemetery
  • Rhuda Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rhuda Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rhuda Branch Cemetery
  • Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Dedan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dedan Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Brooker.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dedan Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71894 <5>
  • Fairbanks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairbanks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairbanks Cemetery
  • Sparkman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparkman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparkman Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72646 <5>
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
  • Laurel Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Grove Cemetery
  • Waldo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waldo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Waldo Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Waldo Community Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waldo Cemetery
  • Hague Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hague Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hague Cemetery
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Patrick Memorial Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Old Bradford Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Bradford Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Bradford Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the east of Brooker.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bradford Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72390 <5>
    • Forest Meadows Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Meadows Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Meadows Memorial Park

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.<6>

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

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

  • Fairbanks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairbanks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
    • Fairbanks is located in Alachua County
  • Paradise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Alachua County
  • Waldo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • La Crosse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hague
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • Hague is located in Alachua County
  • Rutledge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
  • Gainesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Orange Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights
    • Orange Heights is located in Alachua County
  • Hampton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Windsor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Windsor is located in Alachua County
  • Earleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • New River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
    • New River is located in Bradford County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Newnansville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newnansville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnansville
      • Newnansville is located in Alachua County
    • Alachua
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Campville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
      • Campville is located in Alachua County

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

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

The official website for Alachua County: www.alachua-county.org/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Monteocha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monteocha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7964, Longitude: -82.2854       In this case, the coordinates for Monteocha 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.
<6>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 Monteocha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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