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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 New Eden (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 New Eden. 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.

New Eden is located in Osceola 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 Osceola County: Brevard, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Okeechobee, Orange & Polk.

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

  • Osceola County     (The home county of New Eden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Eden, with the one closest to New Eden listed first.
    • Runnymede
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runnymede have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Saint Cloud
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kissimmee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Campbell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
    • Poinciana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Poinciana Place
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poinciana Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
    • Intercession City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Celebration
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • ChampionsGate
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
    • Reunion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kenansville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Eden, with the one closest to New Eden listed first.
    • Viera
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Cocoa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocoa
      • Cocoa is located in Brevard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cocoa <2>
    • Rockledge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Port Saint John
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Saint John
      • Port Saint John is located in Brevard County
    • Sharpes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Merritt Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Suntree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Indian River City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
      • Indian River City is located in Brevard County
  • Lake County
    • Four Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Eden, with the one closest to New Eden listed first.
    • Lake Hart
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
      • Lake Hart is located in Orange County
    • Meadow Woods
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Woods
      • Meadow Woods is located in Orange County
    • Southchase
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southchase have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southchase
      • Southchase is located in Orange County
    • Wedgefield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgefield
      • Wedgefield is located in Orange County
    • Taft
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Taft is located in Orange County
    • Hunters Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
      • Hunters Creek is located in Orange County
    • Belle Isle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Isle
      • Belle Isle is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,294 people
    • Pine Castle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sky Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Lake
      • Sky Lake is located in Orange County
    • Conway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Edgewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Williamsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Orange County
    • Alafaya
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Eden, with the one closest to New Eden listed first.
    • Loughman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Davenport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Haines City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Hammock Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Hammock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hammock Village
      • Lake Hammock Village is located in Polk County
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Eden, with the one closest to New Eden listed first.
    • Chuluota
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Oviedo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Fern Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Casselberry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Iowa City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Seminole County
    • Altamonte Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Longwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Winter Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County

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

Newspapers Published in New Eden ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Eden.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Eden, 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 New Eden.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 New Eden:

Cemeteries Near New Eden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Eden.

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

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

  • Narcoossee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Narcoossee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Narcoossee Cemetery
  • Mt. Peace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Peace Cemetery
  • East Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Barber Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barber Cemetery
  • Finney Point Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Osceola Memory Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lock Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lock Cemetery
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kissimmee.
    • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosehill Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72538 <4>
  • Howard Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
  • Taft Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taft Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Taft.
    • The Taft Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Taft Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taft Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1217063 <4>
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Ridge Cemetery
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Hill Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
    • Christmas Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christmas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christmas 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.<5>

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

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

  • Narcoossee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narcoossee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcoossee
    • Narcoossee is located in Osceola County
  • Runnymede
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runnymede have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
    • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
  • Saint Cloud
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kissimmee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pine Castle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Conway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Conway is located in Orange County
  • Orlando
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Goldenrod
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Winter Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Maitland
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eatonville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Windermere
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Rockledge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cocoa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocoa
      • Cocoa is located in Brevard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cocoa <2>
    • City Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
      • City Point is located in Brevard County

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

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

The official website for Osceola County: www.osceola.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Eden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Eden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.2781, Longitude: -81.1795       In this case, the coordinates for New Eden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 New Eden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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