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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 Rolling Ranches (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 Rolling Ranches. 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 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.

Rolling Ranches is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Alachua, Citrus, Lake, Levy, Putnam, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Marion County     (The home county of Rolling Ranches)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Chatmire
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
      • Chatmire is located in Marion County
    • Dunnellon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fellowship
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Danks Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ocala
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
    • Belleview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Martin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Silver Springs Shores
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs Shores
      • Silver Springs Shores is located in Marion County
    • Summerfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Anthony
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Evinston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Micanopy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Island Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Holder
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrus Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hernando
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
    • Beverly Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Diamond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
      • Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
    • Citrus Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lecanto
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Crystal River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Istachatta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Lake Lindsey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lindsey
      • Lake Lindsey is located in Hernando County
    • Nobleton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Ringgold ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
      • Ringgold is located in Hernando County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Conant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
      • Conant is located in Lake County
    • Lady Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Carlton Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Village
      • Carlton Village is located in Lake County
    • Fruitland Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Lake County
    • Montclair
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montclair have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
      • Montclair is located in Lake County
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Morriston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Inglis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • East Williston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Williston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
    • Williston Highlands
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williston Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
    • Yankeetown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Williston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Raleigh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
    • Gulf Hammock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • East Bronson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Ranches, with the one closest to Rolling Ranches listed first.
    • Oxford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • The Villages
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Villages have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
    • Coleman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
      • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Adamsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
      • Adamsville is located in Sumter County
    • Wahoo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wahoo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
      • Wahoo is located in Sumter County
    • Sumterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Rolling Ranches ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rolling Ranches.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rolling Ranches, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rolling Ranches.

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 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 Rolling Ranches:

Cemeteries Near Rolling Ranches ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rolling Ranches.

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 Rolling Ranches covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the northeast of Ocala.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Church of the Advent Memorial Garden
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484320 <5>
  • Burke Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burke Cemetery
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Cemetery
  • Rockwell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockwell Cemetery
  • Dunnellon Community Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunnellon Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunnellon Community Cemetery
  • St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
  • Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Hill Cemetery
  • Dog Ear Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hernando Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hernando Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hernando Cemetery
  • Continue List   (85 more) ...
    • Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
    • Watula Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watula Cemetery
    • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Leroy ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leroy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Marion County
  • York
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for York have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in Marion County
  • Cotton Plant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
    • Cotton Plant is located in Marion County
  • Martel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
    • Martel is located in Marion County
  • Early Bird
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Early Bird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Bird
    • Early Bird is located in Marion County
  • Hernando
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Romeo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romeo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
    • Romeo is located in Marion County
  • Fellowship
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
    • Fellowship is located in Marion County
  • Arlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Citrus County
  • Citronelle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citronelle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citronelle
    • Citronelle is located in Citrus County
  • Ocala
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
    • Ocala is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
  • Blitchton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blitchton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchton
    • Blitchton is located in Marion County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Santos
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santos
      • Santos is located in Marion County
    • Inverness
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rutland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Rutland is located in Sumter County

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

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

The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/

The official website for State of Florida: 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>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.
<3>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Rolling Ranches) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rolling Ranches. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0661, Longitude: -82.3440       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Ranches have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Rolling Ranches, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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