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Introduction ...

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

We've added Ochisi to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ochisi, 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 Ochisi (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 Ochisi. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ochisi is historic, it would have been located within present day Jackson 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 Jackson County: Geneva (AL), Houston (AL), Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Liberty, Washington & Seminole (GA).

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Ochisi)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Inwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County
    • Sneads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Grand Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cypress
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Jackson County
    • Marianna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Parramore ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
      • Parramore is located in Jackson County
    • Two Egg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
      • Two Egg is located in Jackson County
    • Greenwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Steele City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele City
      • Steele City is located in Jackson County
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Fountain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Youngstown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Blountstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McNeal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
    • Ocheesee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
    • Chipola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
    • Altha
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Marysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Kinard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Sycamore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
    • Greensboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • River Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
    • Chattahoochee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglas City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
    • Gretna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Quincy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Midway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Gulf County
    • Wewahitchka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Bristol
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hosford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Telogia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Estiffanulga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estiffanulga. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Lewis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lewis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Central City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
  • Decatur County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Recovery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
      • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
    • Faceville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
  • Seminole County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ochisi, with the one closest to Ochisi listed first.
    • Butlers Ferry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
      • Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
    • Reynoldsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
      • Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people

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

Cemeteries Near Ochisi ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ochisi.

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

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

  • Bristol Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bristol Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bristol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mitchum Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchum Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Graves Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Nettle Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nettle Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nettle Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Atkins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Boggs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boggs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Poley Branch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poley Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poley Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gause Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gause Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gause Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Victory Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Yon Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Woods Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Ochisi in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ochisi.

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

  • Bristol
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
    • Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
  • Selman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
    • Selman is located in Calhoun County
  • Blountstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ocheesee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
    • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
  • Sycamore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
  • Chipola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
    • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
  • Estiffanulga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estiffanulga. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
  • Alliance
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alliance have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
    • Alliance is located in Jackson County
  • Abe Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abe Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abe Springs
    • Abe Springs is located in Calhoun County
  • Marysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
  • River Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
    • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sneads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Inwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County
    • Chattahoochee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Ochisi ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ochisi.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ochisi, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ochisi.

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 Ochisi:

The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksoncounty-fl.com/

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

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 Ochisi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ochisi) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ochisi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4835, Longitude: -84.9499       In this case, the coordinates for Ochisi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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