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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Nombre de Dios. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Nombre de Dios to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nombre de Dios, please Contact Us.

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 Nombre de Dios (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 Nombre de Dios. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Nombre de Dios is historic, it would have been located within present day Saint Johns 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 Saint Johns County: Clay, Duval, Flagler & Putnam.

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

  • Saint Johns County     (The home county of Nombre de Dios)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nombre de Dios, with the one closest to Nombre de Dios listed first.
    • Saint Augustine
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Vilano Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Saint Augustine South
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Butler Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • Crescent Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Elkton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Armstrong
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Tocoi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Hastings
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Palm Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nombre de Dios, with the one closest to Nombre de Dios listed first.
    • Green Cove Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Orange Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Doctors Inlet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Penney Farms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nombre de Dios, with the one closest to Nombre de Dios listed first.
    • Loretto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Mandarin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Jacksonville Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
      • 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>
    • Neptune Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • San Pablo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • San Pablo is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
    • Sans Pareil
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
    • Atlantic Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Bowden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nombre de Dios, with the one closest to Nombre de Dios listed first.
    • Marineland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Palm Coast
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Beverly Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Bunnell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nombre de Dios, with the one closest to Nombre de Dios listed first.
    • Federal Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Bostwick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Palatka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • San Mateo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Palatka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peniel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff

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

Cemeteries Near Nombre de Dios ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nombre de Dios.

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 Nombre de Dios - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Augustine Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Augustine National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Memorial Park
    • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <3>
  • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bakersville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sampson Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...

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.

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

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

  • Saint Augustine
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Anastasia
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
  • Moultrie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
  • Armstrong
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Tocoi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
  • Sampson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
  • Florence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Picolata
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
  • Federal Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
  • West Tocoi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
  • Bridgeport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bayard
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayard is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Walkill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Walkill is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
    • Bostwick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills

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

Newspapers Published in Nombre de Dios ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nombre de Dios.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nombre de Dios, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nombre de Dios.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Nombre de Dios:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Nombre de Dios, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Nombre de Dios) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.