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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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Rice Creek: Rice Crk. (or less commonly used: Rice Ck. or Rice Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rice Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rice Creek.

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 hospitals 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 may 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)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • East Palatka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • 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)
    • Nashua
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Nashua is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Mannville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mannville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
    • Florahome
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Interlachen
      (14 miles [22.5 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)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • 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)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Kingsley Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Kingsley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Doctors Inlet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Kingsley Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Middleburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Duval County
    • Mandarin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
  • 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)
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
    • 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)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Armstrong
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Elkton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Saint Augustine South
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Butler Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • 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.

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 Rice Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Palatka Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peniel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mei-Wun Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • San Mateo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Naomi Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • Mary Elizabeth Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Yelvington Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Satsuma Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<3>

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)
    • Teasdale is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
  • Palatka
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Francis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Francis is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Peniel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Peniel is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
  • Lundy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lundy is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
  • East Palatka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
  • Bostwick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bridgeport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Federal Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
  • Buffalo Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
  • San Mateo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Yelvington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Yelvington is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
    • 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]<4>. 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 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 Rice Creek:

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 Rice Creek, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rice Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.