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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 Rubonia (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 Rubonia. 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 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.

Rubonia is located in Manatee 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 Manatee County: DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Polk & Sarasota.

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

  • Manatee County     (The home county of Rubonia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rubonia, with the one closest to Rubonia listed first.
    • Terra Ceia
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Memphis
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Memphis is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Ellenton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Palmetto
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bradenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Palma Sola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Bradenton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
    • Parrish
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Samoset
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
    • West Samoset
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • West Samoset is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Samoset
    • Oneco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • South Bradenton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • South Bradenton is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradenton
    • Bayshore Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bayshore Gardens is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore Gardens
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rubonia, with the one closest to Rubonia listed first.
    • Sun City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulf City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
    • Manatee Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Manatee Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Harbor
    • Park Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Park Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
    • Bayou Pass Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayou Pass Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pass Village
    • Ruskin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Dade ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Fort Dade is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dade
    • Freedom Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Freedom Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
    • Montero Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Montero Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montero Village
    • Cypress Creek Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cypress Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek Village
    • Golf and Sea Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Golf and Sea Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf and Sea Village
    • McQueens Village ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • McQueens Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueens Village
    • Sun City Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rubonia, with the one closest to Rubonia listed first.
    • Tierra Verde
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gulfport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Pete Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Petersburg Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Pasadena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • South Pasadena is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pasadena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,067 people
    • Lealman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lealman is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lealman
    • Treasure Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kenneth City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gandy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • Madeira Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinellas Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sarasota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rubonia, with the one closest to Rubonia listed first.
    • Desoto Lakes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Desoto Lakes is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desoto Lakes
    • North Sarasota
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • North Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sarasota
    • Kensington Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Kensington Park is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Park
    • The Meadows
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • The Meadows is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
    • Sarasota
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pinecraft
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Fruitville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Southgate
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Southgate is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate
    • Sarasota Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sarasota Springs is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarasota Springs
    • Bee Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Bee Ridge is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
    • Lake Sarasota
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lake Sarasota is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sarasota
    • Ridge Wood Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Ridge Wood Heights is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Wood Heights
    • South Gate Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • South Gate Ridge is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Ridge

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

Cemeteries Near Rubonia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rubonia.

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

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

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

  • Skyway Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mansion Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Skyway Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Adams & Rogers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams & Rogers Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams & Rogers Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bradenton.
    • The Adams & Rogers Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Adams Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989096 <2>
  • Fogartyville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Major Adams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Palma Sola Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Manatee Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Braden River Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fortner Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ruskin Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ruskin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Galilee Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Terra Ceia
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Palmetto
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ellenton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Erie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Erie is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Bradenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Manatee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Manatee is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
  • Palma Sola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gulf City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
  • Rye
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Rye is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
  • Port Tampa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Peru ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Ybor City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Tampa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Bloomingdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bloomingdale is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Brandon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Rubonia ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rubonia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rubonia, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rubonia.

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 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 Rubonia:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rubonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Rubonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.