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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 Roxana Woods (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 Roxana Woods. 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 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.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Roxana Woods)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roxana Woods, with the one closest to Roxana Woods listed first.
    • Westchase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
    • Bayport Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
    • Bayside Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
    • Mecca City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
    • Town 'n' Country
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
    • West Waters Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
    • Fawn Ridge Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
    • Twelve Oaks Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Twelve Oaks Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks Village
    • Canterbury Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
    • Holiday Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
    • Northlake Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • Indian Lakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
    • Logan Gate Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Logan Gate Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Gate Village
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roxana Woods, with the one closest to Roxana Woods listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Timber Pines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
  • Manatee County
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roxana Woods, with the one closest to Roxana Woods listed first.
    • Odessa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Trinity
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Holiday
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Elfers
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Beacon Square
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • New Port Richey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bayonet Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Hudson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roxana Woods, with the one closest to Roxana Woods listed first.
    • Oldsmar
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Safety Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • East Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Dunedin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Palm Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Feather Sound
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • High Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • South Highpoint
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
    • Crystal Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Ozona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Clearwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clearwater is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,552 people
      • Former name for Clearwater:
      • Clear Water Harbor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Roxana Woods ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roxana Woods.

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 Roxana Woods - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Parklawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • McMullen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dunedin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dunedin Highland Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marti Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...
    • Beth Israel Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Israel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2425075 <2>
    • Showmans Rest Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Tampa.

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

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

  • Keystone Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Tampa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
  • Odessa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Port Tampa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Ybor City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Port Richey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Limona
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Mango
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Thonotosassa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Ehren
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Brandon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Seffner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hudson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gulf City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City

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

Newspapers Published in Roxana Woods ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roxana Woods.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roxana Woods, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roxana Woods.

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 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 Roxana Woods:

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