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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Newco (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 Newco. 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 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.

Newco is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Alachua, Baker, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Suwannee, Union, Clinch (GA) & Echols (GA).

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Newco)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newco, with the one closest to Newco listed first.
    • Watertown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Watertown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
    • McColskey
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • McColskey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
    • Lake City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Five Points
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Five Points is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Lulu
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort White
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newco, with the one closest to Newco listed first.
    • High Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • La Crosse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alachua
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Hague
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newco, with the one closest to Newco listed first.
    • Olustee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sanderson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Taylor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Taylor is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • MacClenny
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Bradford County
    • Brooker
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilchrist County
    • Little Lake City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newco, with the one closest to Newco listed first.
    • White Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Marion is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Suwannee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newco, with the one closest to Newco listed first.
    • Wellborn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • McAlpin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • O'Brien
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Padlock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Padlock is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
    • Rixford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rixford is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
    • Branford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Live Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newco, with the one closest to Newco listed first.
    • Lake Butler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Worthington Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Raiford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Newco ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newco.

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 Newco - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Truvine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Price Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Henry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopeful Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • East Rest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (120 more) ...
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fellowship Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Watertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Watertown is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
  • Lake City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mount Carrie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Carrie is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carrie
  • Winfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Winfield is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
  • Lulu
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbia is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Olustee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Suwannee Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Suwannee Valley is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee Valley
  • White Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wellborn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mikesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mikesville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
  • Houston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Houston is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fort White
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lake Butler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanderson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Newco ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newco.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newco, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newco.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Newco:

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>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 Newco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Newco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.