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Our Genealogy Helper

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 River Park (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 River Park. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

River Park is located in Saint Lucie 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 Saint Lucie County: Indian River, Martin & Okeechobee.

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

  • Saint Lucie County     (The home county of River Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from River Park, with the one closest to River Park listed first.
    • Port Saint Lucie
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • White City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • White City is located in Saint Lucie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Indian River Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian River Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River Estates
    • Hutchinson Island South
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fort Pierce
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lakewood Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lakewood Park is located in Saint Lucie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Park
    • Saint Lucie Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Saint Lucie Village is located in Saint Lucie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucie Village
      • Estimated population in 2015: 619 people
    • Saint Lucie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Saint Lucie is located in Saint Lucie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
  • Indian River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from River Park, with the one closest to River Park listed first.
    • Florida Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Florida Ridge is located in Indian River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Ridge
    • South Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • South Beach is located in Indian River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Beach
    • Vero Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Gifford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Gifford is located in Indian River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
    • Indian River Shores
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Winter Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wabasso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from River Park, with the one closest to River Park listed first.
    • Jensen Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • North River Shores
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • North River Shores is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Shores
    • Ocean Breeze
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocean Breeze is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Breeze
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
      • Former name for Ocean Breeze:
      • Ocean Breeze Park
    • Rio
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rio is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
    • Stuart
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Palm City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sewall's Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Salerno
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobe Sound
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indiantown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jupiter Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jupiter Island is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
    • Port Mayaca
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Okeechobee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from River Park, with the one closest to River Park listed first.
    • Cypress Quarters
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
    • Taylor Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Creek
    • Okeechobee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from River Park, with the one closest to River Park listed first.
    • Rood ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rood is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rood
    • Limestone Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Limestone Creek is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Creek
    • Tequesta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Jupiter ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Jupiter is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jupiter
    • Plumoses City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Plumoses City is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumoses City
    • Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jupiter Inlet Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jupiter Inlet Colony is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter Inlet Colony
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
    • Jupiter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jupiter is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,834 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jupiter <1>

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

Cemeteries Near River Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of River Park.

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 River Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • White City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Pierce Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Garden of Heavenly Rest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Port Mayaca Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jupiter Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in River Park ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around River Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of River Park, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for River Park.

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 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 River Park:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- River Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.