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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 Reolds Farm (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 Reolds Farm. 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 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.

Reolds Farm is located in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County: Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas & Polk.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Reolds Farm)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reolds Farm, with the one closest to Reolds Farm listed first.
    • Westchase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
    • Bayside Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • West Waters Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
    • Bayport Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
    • Mecca City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
    • Town 'n' Country
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
    • Twelve Oaks Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Twelve Oaks Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks Village
    • Canterbury Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
    • Fawn Ridge Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
    • Indian Lakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
    • Logan Gate Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Logan Gate Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Gate Village
    • Northlake Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • Holiday Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reolds Farm, with the one closest to Reolds Farm listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Timber Pines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
  • Manatee County
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reolds Farm, with the one closest to Reolds Farm listed first.
    • Trinity
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elfers
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Beacon Square
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • New Port Richey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bayonet Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Hudson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reolds Farm, with the one closest to Reolds Farm listed first.
    • Oldsmar
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Safety Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Dunedin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Palm Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Feather Sound
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • High Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • South Highpoint
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Ozona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Clearwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clearwater is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,552 people
      • Former name for Clearwater:
      • Clear Water Harbor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Reolds Farm ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reolds Farm.

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 Reolds Farm - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Parklawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunedin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunedin Highland Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marti Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cycadia Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Hill Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Keystone Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Odessa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tampa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
  • Port Tampa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Ybor City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Port Richey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mango
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Thonotosassa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Ehren
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Limona
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Brandon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Seffner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hudson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gulf City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City

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

Newspapers Published in Reolds Farm ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reolds Farm.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reolds Farm, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reolds Farm.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Reolds Farm:

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 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.
<3>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 Reolds Farm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Reolds Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.