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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 Mullet Lake Park (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 Mullet Lake Park. 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 Mullet Lake Park ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mullet Lake Park: Mullet Lk. Park

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.

Mullet Lake Park is located in Seminole 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 Seminole County: Lake, Orange & Volusia.

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

  • Seminole County     (The home county of Mullet Lake Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullet Lake Park, with the one closest to Mullet Lake Park listed first.
    • Geneva
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Mound Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Mound Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
      • Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
    • Cameron City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
    • Midway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Seminole County
    • Iowa City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Seminole County
    • Sanford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oviedo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <1>
    • Chuluota
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Winter Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Mary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lake Monroe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Casselberry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Longwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullet Lake Park, with the one closest to Mullet Lake Park listed first.
    • Aurantia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurantia
      • Aurantia is located in Brevard County
    • Scottsmoor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mims
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Titusville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian River City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
      • Indian River City is located in Brevard County
    • Port Saint John
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Saint John
      • Port Saint John is located in Brevard County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullet Lake Park, with the one closest to Mullet Lake Park listed first.
    • Pine Lakes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
    • Cassia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Plymouth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake Kathryn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
      • Acron is located in Lake County
    • Paisley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Dora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullet Lake Park, with the one closest to Mullet Lake Park listed first.
    • Goldenrod
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alafaya
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bithlo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bithlo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bithlo
      • Bithlo is located in Orange County
    • Aloma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maitland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Winter Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eatonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Christmas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Azalea Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairview Shores
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
    • Fairvilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockhart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullet Lake Park, with the one closest to Mullet Lake Park listed first.
    • Lemon Bluff
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
    • Osteen
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kalamazoo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Volusia County
    • Enterprise
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Maytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
      • Maytown is located in Volusia County
    • Alamana
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamana
      • Alamana is located in Volusia County
    • Deltona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Valdez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • Rogers ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rogers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Rogers is located in Volusia County
    • Cassadaga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • De Bary
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Orange City Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
    • Fort Florida
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County

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

Newspapers Published in Mullet Lake Park ...

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 Mullet Lake Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mullet Lake Park, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mullet Lake Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mullet Lake Park:

Cemeteries Near Mullet Lake Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mullet Lake Park.

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 Mullet Lake Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Geneva Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geneva Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geneva Cemetery
  • Osteen Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Garfield Settlement Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garfield Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garfield Settlement Cemetery
  • Osteen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Restlawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Sanford Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanford Cemetery
  • Davis Grave Site
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Grave Site have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Grave Site
  • Enterprise Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Slavia Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slavia Cemetery
  • Chuluota Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chuluota Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chuluota Cemetery
  • Deltona Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oaklawn Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
  • Continue List   (82 more) ...
    • Deep Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Deep Creek Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deep Creek Cemetery
    • Longwood Memorial Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longwood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longwood Memorial Gardens
    • Rouse Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rouse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rouse 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.<6>

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

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

  • Osteen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cow Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
    • Cow Creek is located in Volusia County
  • Enterprise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Maytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
    • Maytown is located in Volusia County
  • Lake Helen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Goldenrod
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Aurantia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurantia
    • Aurantia is located in Brevard County
  • Maitland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Winter Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Turnbull
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnbull have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
    • Turnbull is located in Brevard County
  • Fatio
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fatio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fatio
    • Fatio is located in Volusia County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Eatonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ethel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Ethel 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 Mullet Lake Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mullet Lake Park.

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

The official website for Seminole County: www.seminolecountyfl.gov/

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 '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- Mullet Lake Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mullet Lake Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7892, Longitude: -81.1384       In this case, the coordinates for Mullet Lake Park 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 Mullet Lake Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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