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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 Rocky Point (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 Rocky Point. 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 Rocky Point ...

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.

Another variation: Rockypoint.

  • A typical abbreviation for Rocky Point: Rocky Pt.

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

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Rocky Point is located in Alachua 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 Alachua County: Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam & Union.

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

  • Alachua County     (The home county of Rocky Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Gainesville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Arredondo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Rochelle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Rutledge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Micanopy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Evinston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Archer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jonesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hague
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • Campville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • Hawthorne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Graham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brooker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Starke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Keystone Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Geneva
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Waters Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Trenton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Raleigh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • East Williston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
    • Williston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Meredith
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • East Bronson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Bronson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Williston Highlands
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
    • Morriston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • McIntosh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Paynes Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Paynes Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Town
    • Irvine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
    • Fairfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Heijahs Town ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Heijahs Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heijahs Town
    • Reddick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Citra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lowell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Martin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Martin is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Sparr
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Fellowship
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Edgar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Putnam Hall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Keuka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Grandin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Interlachen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Florahome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mannville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mannville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
    • Worthington Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lake Butler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Rocky Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Point.

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 Rocky Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Meadows Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Kanapaha Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Micanopy.
    • The Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Haynes Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2280648 <2>
  • Morning Star Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Alachua Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wacahoota Baptist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wacahoota Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Micanopy Historic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (155 more) ...
    • Forest Meadows Memorial Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Patrick Memorial Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Memorial Gardens
      • The Patrick Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • Patrick Cemetery
    • Coleman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Gainesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Arredondo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
  • Micanopy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rochelle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
  • Paradise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Paradise is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Rutledge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
  • Micanopy Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Micanopy Junction is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micanopy Junction
  • Windsor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Evinston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairbanks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairbanks is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
  • Archer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Boardman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Boardman is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Grove Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Grove Park is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
    • Jonesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • McIntosh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Rocky Point ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Point, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Point.

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 Rocky Point:

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 Rocky Point, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rocky Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.