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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 Roberts (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 Roberts. 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 Roberts ...

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 occur.

While the name of this community is Roberts, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Roberts may originally have been Robert's.

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

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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Roberts 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 Roberts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roberts:

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Roberts)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts, with the one closest to Roberts listed first.
    • Cedar Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Cedar Run is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
    • Strawberry Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Strawberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Village
    • Plant City Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Plant City Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City Heights
    • Knights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
    • Plant City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodfield Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodfield Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield Village
    • Colonial Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Kings Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
    • West Plant City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • West Plant City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plant City
    • Dover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sydney
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingston City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingston City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston City
    • Parrish
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Parrish is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
  • Manatee County
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts, with the one closest to Roberts listed first.
    • Crystal Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Zephyrhills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Richland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Richland is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Leo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • San Antonio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
      • Former name for San Antonio:
      • Lake Jovita
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <2>
    • Land O' Lakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dade City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Blanton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Blanton is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts, with the one closest to Roberts listed first.
    • Gandy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Oldsmar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roberts, with the one closest to Roberts listed first.
    • Winston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Kathleen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Medulla
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Willow Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Gibsonia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
    • Nichols
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands
    • Crystal Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Eaton Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mulberry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Combee Settlement
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Combee Settlement is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combee Settlement

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

Cemeteries Near Roberts ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roberts.

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 Roberts - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Garden of Peace Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hopewell Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Springhead Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Loving Care Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Brandon Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Home Baptist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Limona Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Limona Cemetery is located in Brandon.
  • Hillsboro Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • Crystal Springs Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sunset Gardens Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Commemorative Cemetery
      (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.<5>

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

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

  • Plant City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Knights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
  • Keene
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
  • Sydney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Seffner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Valrico
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Thonotosassa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mango
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Brandon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Limona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Bloomingdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Kathleen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Keysville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Keysville is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
    • Lakeland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru

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

Newspapers Published in Roberts ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roberts.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roberts, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roberts.

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 Roberts:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Roberts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Roberts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.