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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 Palm Beach Isles (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 Palm Beach Isles. 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 Palm Beach Isles ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Palm Beach Isles: Palm Bch. Isles

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Palm Beach Isles is located in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County: Broward, Glades, Hendry, Martin & Okeechobee.

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

  • Palm Beach County     (The home county of Palm Beach Isles)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Palm Beach Isles, with the one closest to Palm Beach Isles listed first.
    • Palm Beach Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Singer Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lake Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • North Palm Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Riviera Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mangonia Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mangonia Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangonia Park
      • Mangonia Park is located in Palm Beach County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
    • Juno Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno Ridge
      • Juno Ridge is located in Palm Beach County
    • Juno Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Palm Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Palm Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Lakes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lakes
      • Cypress Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
    • Lakeside Green
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Green
      • Lakeside Green is located in Palm Beach County
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Palm Beach Isles, with the one closest to Palm Beach Isles listed first.
    • Jupiter Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jupiter Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter Island
      • Jupiter Island is located in Martin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
    • Hobe Sound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Port Salerno
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Palm City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sewall's Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Palm Beach Isles ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Palm Beach Isles.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Palm Beach Isles, 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 Palm Beach Isles.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Palm Beach Isles:

Cemeteries Near Palm Beach Isles ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Palm Beach Isles.

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 Palm Beach Isles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Royal Palm Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenwood Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glenwood Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Memorial Cemetery
  • Shalow Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shalow Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shalow Memorial Park
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Memorial Park
  • Lake Worth Memory Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Worth Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Worth Memory Gardens
  • Our Lady of Peace Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jupiter Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jupiter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jupiter Cemetery
  • Lincoln Memorial Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens
  • Palm Beach Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palm Beach Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Beach Memorial Park
  • South Florida National Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Ridge Cemetery
  • Gardens of Boca Raton Memorial Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Palm Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jupiter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter
    • Jupiter is located in Palm Beach County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,834 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jupiter <1>

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

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

The official website for Palm Beach County: www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/

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

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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Palm Beach Isles) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palm Beach Isles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.7920, Longitude: -80.0364       In this case, the coordinates for Palm Beach Isles 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 Palm Beach Isles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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