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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Scott Lake (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 Scott Lake. 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 Scott Lake ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Scott Lake: Scott Lk.

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

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County: Broward, Collier & Monroe.

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

  • Miami-Dade County     (The home county of Scott Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Lake, with the one closest to Scott Lake listed first.
    • Carol City
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Miami Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lake Lucerne
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Norland
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Bunche Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
    • Andover
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Opa Locka
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Golden Glades
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
    • Ives Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • North Miami Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Westview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Westview is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
    • North Miami
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Broward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Lake, with the one closest to Scott Lake listed first.
    • Lake Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Forest is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
    • Miami Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Miami Gardens is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Gardens
    • Utopia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Utopia is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • West Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
    • Carver Ranches
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Carver Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Ranches
    • Pembroke Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • West Hollywood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Miramar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hallandale Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hallandale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hallandale is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallandale
    • Pembroke Pines
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hollywood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Scott Lake, with the one closest to Scott Lake listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Del Mar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Mission Bay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca Raton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Boca West
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Scott Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scott Lake.

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 Scott Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dade Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Miami Shores Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Vista Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Southern Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in North Miami Beach.
    • The Southern Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Caballero Rivero Southern Memorial Park
    • Memorial Plan Southern Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640549 <2>
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hollywood Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln Evergreen Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Lincoln Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Scott Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scott Lake.

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

  • Miami
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
  • Cutler
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler

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

Newspapers Published in Scott Lake ...

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 252 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scott Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scott Lake, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scott Lake.

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 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 Scott Lake:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scott Lake) 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 Scott Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.