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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 Rice Creek (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 Rice Creek. 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 Rice Creek ...

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 Rice Creek: Rice Crk. (or less commonly used: Rice Ck. or Rice Cr.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Rice Creek is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Saint Johns & Volusia.

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

  • Putnam County     (The home county of Rice Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rice Creek, with the one closest to Rice Creek listed first.
    • Palatka
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bostwick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Peniel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peniel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
    • East Palatka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buffalo Bluff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
    • San Mateo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Satsuma
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hollister
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Florahome
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pomona Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Interlachen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Grandin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rice Creek, with the one closest to Rice Creek listed first.
    • Melrose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Earleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hawthorne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Campville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Campville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
    • Lochloosa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Bradford County
    • Hampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rice Creek, with the one closest to Rice Creek listed first.
    • Green Cove Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Penney Farms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Geneva
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Keystone Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Asbury Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbury Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
    • Kingsley Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
    • Doctors Inlet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Kingsley Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
    • Middleburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lakeside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
  • Duval County
    • Mandarin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mandarin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rice Creek, with the one closest to Rice Creek listed first.
    • Marineland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Palm Coast
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Bunnell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rice Creek, with the one closest to Rice Creek listed first.
    • Orange Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kerr City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerr City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
    • Salt Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fort McCoy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rice Creek, with the one closest to Rice Creek listed first.
    • Hastings
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tocoi
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Armstrong
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Elkton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
    • Saint Augustine South
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine South have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
    • Butler Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
    • Crescent Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vilano Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruit Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Saint Johns
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Volusia County

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

Cemeteries Near Rice Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rice Creek.

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 Rice Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Putnam County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Etonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Etonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Etonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palatka Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peniel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peniel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peniel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mei-Wun Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mei-Wun Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mei-Wun Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • San Mateo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Mateo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Mateo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Naomi Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naomi Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naomi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • Mary Elizabeth Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mary Elizabeth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mary Elizabeth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Yelvington Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yelvington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yelvington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Satsuma Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Satsuma Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Satsuma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Teasdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teasdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
    • Teasdale is located in Putnam County
  • Palatka
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Francis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
    • Francis is located in Putnam County
  • Peniel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peniel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Peniel is located in Putnam County
  • Lundy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lundy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
    • Lundy is located in Putnam County
  • East Palatka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
  • Bostwick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bridgeport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
  • Federal Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
  • Buffalo Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buffalo Bluff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
  • San Mateo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Yelvington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yelvington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
      • Yelvington is located in Putnam County
    • Hollister
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Satsuma
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Rice Creek ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rice Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rice Creek, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rice Creek.

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 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 Rice Creek:

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

The official website for Putnam County: www.putnam-fl.com/

The official website for State of Florida: https://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>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.
<3>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.
<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 Rice Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Rice Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rice Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7030, Longitude: -81.6640       In this case, the coordinates for Rice Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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