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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 Pass Station (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 Pass Station. 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 Pass Station ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pass Station: Pass Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 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.

Pass Station is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Duval, Putnam & Saint Johns.

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Pass Station)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • Penney Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Cove Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Asbury Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Doctors Inlet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Middleburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Orange Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Kingsley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Kingsley Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Keystone Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Geneva
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • Melrose
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Earleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Campville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • MacClenny
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • Lawtey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Starke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hampton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Graham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • Mandarin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Loretto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Jacksonville Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jacksonville Heights is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Heights
    • Maxville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Bowden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
    • Normandy Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Saint Nicholas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
    • San Marco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • San Marco is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
    • Brooklyn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Brooklyn is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Jacksonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Baldwin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arlington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Arlington is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Sans Pareil
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
  • Nassau County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • Bostwick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Florahome
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Grandin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Putnam Hall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Federal Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Palatka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hollister
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Mannville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Mannville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
    • East Palatka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Interlachen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Peniel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Keuka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pass Station, with the one closest to Pass Station listed first.
    • Fruit Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Johns
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tocoi
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Armstrong
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Elkton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hastings
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Palm Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
    • Saint Augustine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Vilano Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ponte Vedra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
    • Sawgrass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
    • Saint Augustine South
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Ponte Vedra Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County
    • Raiford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Pass Station ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pass Station.

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 Pass Station - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Penney Farms Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Springbank Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holly Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jacksonville Memory Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Little Ruth Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rideout Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Middleburg Methodist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (121 more) ...
    • Old Conway Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Padget Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Johns Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Green Cove Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Walkill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Walkill is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
  • Hibernia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hibernia is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
  • Middleburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Belmore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmore is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
  • Switzerland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
  • Lakeside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lakeside is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Picolata
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • West Tocoi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
  • Mandarin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mandarin is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
  • Orange Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Kingsley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Tocoi
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Bostwick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Pass Station ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pass Station.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pass Station, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pass Station.

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 either 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 Pass Station:

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 Pass Station, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pass Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.