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Introduction ...

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

We've added Oponys Town to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oponys Town, 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 Oponys Town (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 Oponys Town. 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 Oponys Town ...

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.

While the name of this community is Oponys Town, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Oponys Town may originally have been Opony's Town.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Oponys Town might be written as Opony Town.

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Oponys Town is historic, it would have been located within present day Polk 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 Polk County: Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco & Sumter.

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Oponys Town)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oponys Town, with the one closest to Oponys Town listed first.
    • Homeland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Meade
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bartow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cox Corner ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Cox Corner is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Corner
    • Lake Garfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lake Garfield is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Garfield
    • Roux Quarters ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Roux Quarters is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roux Quarters
    • Alturas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Connersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Connersville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connersville
    • Armour ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Armour is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
    • Lyle Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lyle Corner is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle Corner
    • Brewster ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Brewster is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Gordonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Gordonville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
    • Bradley Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bradley Junction is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley Junction
  • DeSoto County
    • Calvinia ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Calvinia is located in DeSoto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvinia
  • Hardee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oponys Town, with the one closest to Oponys Town listed first.
    • Bowling Green
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wauchula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Zolfo Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Crewsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
  • Highlands County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oponys Town, with the one closest to Oponys Town listed first.
    • Alpine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Alpine is located in Highlands County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Avon Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sebring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oponys Town, with the one closest to Oponys Town listed first.
    • Welcome
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Welcome is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Lithia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Pinecrest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • South Plant City Farms
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Plant City Farms
    • Parrish
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Parrish is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
    • Kings Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
    • West Plant City Farms
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West Plant City Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City Farms
    • West Plant City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West Plant City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City
    • Woodfield Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodfield Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield Village
    • Colonial Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Boyette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Boyette is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyette
    • Durant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Fish Hawk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Fish Hawk is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Hawk
  • Manatee County

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

Cemeteries Near Oponys Town ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oponys Town.

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 Oponys Town - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hancock Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Homeland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Ft. Meade Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crum - Durrance Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum - Durrance Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crum - Durrance Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Homeland.
    • The Crum - Durrance Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Crum Cemetery
    • Durrance Cemetery
    • Homeland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198368 <5>
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southwest of Fort Meade.
    • The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • New Hope Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72336 <5>
  • Shady Oaks Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fortner Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Old Elim Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Watson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Buffum Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (78 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 Oponys Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oponys Town.

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

  • Fort Meade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Homeland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bartow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bowling Green
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Gordonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Gordonville is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
  • Wahneta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Wahneta is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahneta
  • Eagle Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wauchula
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Winter Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Zolfo Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Auburndale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Keysville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Lakeland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Avon Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Haines City
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Oponys Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oponys Town.

Newspapers Published in Oponys Town ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oponys Town.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oponys Town, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oponys Town.

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 helpful 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 Oponys Town:

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 Oponys Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Oponys Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.