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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 Pine Ridge (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 Pine Ridge. 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 Pine Ridge ...

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 Pine Ridge: Pine Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pine Rdge. or Pine Ridg.)

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 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.

Pine Ridge is located in Citrus 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 Citrus County: Hernando, Levy, Marion & Sumter.

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

  • Citrus County     (The home county of Pine Ridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
    • Black Diamond
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
      • Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
    • Beverly Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Holder
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Citrus Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Citrus Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
    • Lecanto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hernando
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Crystal River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mannfield ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mannfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
      • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
    • Inverness
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Homosassa Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
    • Ringgold ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
      • Ringgold is located in Hernando County
    • Centralia ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
      • Centralia is located in Hernando County
    • Lake Lindsey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lindsey
      • Lake Lindsey is located in Hernando County
    • Istachatta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Nobleton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • North Brooksville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Brooksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooksville
      • North Brooksville is located in Hernando County
    • Brookridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
      • Brookridge is located in Hernando County
    • Brooksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • High Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
      • High Point is located in Hernando County
    • North Weeki Wachee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weeki Wachee
      • North Weeki Wachee is located in Hernando County
    • Wiscon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
      • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
    • Pine Island
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
      • Pine Island is located in Hernando County
    • Bayport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport
      • Bayport is located in Hernando County
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
    • Inglis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankeetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Morriston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gulf Hammock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Williston Highlands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williston Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
    • Dunnellon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Chatmire
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
      • Chatmire is located in Marion County
    • Danks Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Fellowship
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Belleview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Summerfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Ocala
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <2>
    • Martin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Silver Springs Shores
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs Shores
      • Silver Springs Shores is located in Marion County
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
    • Bay Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bay Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
      • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Wahoo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wahoo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
      • Wahoo is located in Sumter County
    • Coleman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Oxford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wildwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bushnell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sumterville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Adamsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
      • Adamsville is located in Sumter County

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

Cemeteries Near Pine Ridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Ridge.

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

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

  • Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burke Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lecanto Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lecanto Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lecanto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hernando Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hernando Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hernando Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Citronelle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Citronelle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Citronelle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crystal River Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crystal River Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crystal River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dunnellon Community Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunnellon Community Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunnellon Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rockwell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockwell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Red Level Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Level Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Level Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mannfield Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mannfield Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mannfield Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dog Ear Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (66 more) ...
    • Stage Stand Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dampeir Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dampeir Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dampeir Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<5> to the northeast of Ocala.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484320 <4>

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.<6>

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

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

  • Lecanto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hernando
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Citronelle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citronelle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citronelle
    • Citronelle is located in Citrus County
  • Crystal River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Arlington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Citrus County
  • Mannfield ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mannfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
    • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
  • Inverness
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Homosassa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Floral City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rutland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
    • Rutland is located in Sumter County
  • Leroy ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leroy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Marion County
  • York
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for York have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in Marion County
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Romeo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romeo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
      • Romeo is located in Marion County
    • Carlson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlson
      • Carlson is located in Sumter County
    • Cotton Plant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
      • Cotton Plant is located in Marion County

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

Newspapers Published in Pine Ridge ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Ridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Ridge, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Ridge.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Pine Ridge:

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

The official website for Citrus County: www.bocc.citrus.fl.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9383, Longitude: -82.4734       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Pine Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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