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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 Saxton (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 Saxton. 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.

Saxton is located in Bradford 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 Bradford County: Alachua, Baker, Clay, Putnam & Union.

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

  • Bradford County     (The home county of Saxton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Lawtey
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Starke
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hampton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Graham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Waldo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Earleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Melrose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • La Crosse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Campville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Campville is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
    • Windsor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Windsor is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Hague
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • Burnetts Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • Hawthorne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Alachua
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gainesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rochelle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • MacClenny
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Sanderson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Olustee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Kingsley Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingsley Village is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Village
    • Kingsley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Kingsley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Kingsley Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingsley Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley Lake
    • Middleburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Asbury Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Keystone Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Penney Farms
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Lake Geneva
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Doctors Inlet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lakeside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeside is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Cove Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Columbia County
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Maxville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Maxville is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Baldwin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonville Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacksonville Heights is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Heights
    • Mandarin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
    • Normandy Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Loretto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
  • Nassau County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Putnam Hall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Grandin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Florahome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Keuka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Interlachen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mannville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mannville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Fruit Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Johns
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxton, with the one closest to Saxton listed first.
    • Raiford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Butler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Worthington Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Saxton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saxton.

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

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

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

  • Peetsville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lawtey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bob Lov Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • DeSue Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Crosby Lake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crosby Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Starke.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71876 <3>
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prison Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Prevatt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Old Conway Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...
    • Conner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dyal Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dyal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Raiford.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71915 <3>
    • Prescott Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

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

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

  • Lawtey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Starke
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kingsley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kingsley is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
  • Highland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Highland is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Hampton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • New River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • New River is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
  • Theressa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Theressa is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theressa
  • Middleburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Maxville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Maxville is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Belmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Belmore is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
  • Lake Butler
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Waldo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Glen Saint Mary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Earleton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • MacClenny
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Saxton ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saxton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saxton, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saxton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Saxton:

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>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- Saxton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Saxton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.