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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 Shays Crest (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 Shays Crest. 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 doctors and 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.

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

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Shays Crest)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shays Crest, with the one closest to Shays Crest listed first.
    • Northlake Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Northlake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake Village
    • Eaglebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Eaglebrook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglebrook
    • Eastbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Eastbrook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbrook
    • Lakeshore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Lakeshore is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
    • Keystone Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
    • Keystone
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Fawn Ridge Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
    • Country Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
    • Pennington Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pennington Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Village
    • Royal Troon Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Royal Troon Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Troon Village
    • Biarritz Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
    • Canterbury Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shays Crest, with the one closest to Shays Crest listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Timber Pines
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
    • Hernando Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
    • Weeki Wachee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Weeki Wachee Gardens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Gardens is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Gardens
    • Bayport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bayport is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport
    • High Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • High Point is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • North Weeki Wachee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • North Weeki Wachee is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weeki Wachee
    • Brookridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Brookridge is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
    • South Brooksville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • South Brooksville is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shays Crest, with the one closest to Shays Crest listed first.
    • Odessa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Land O' Lakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elfers
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Beacon Square
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
    • New Port Richey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jasmine Estates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
    • Port Richey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Bayonet Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shays Crest, with the one closest to Shays Crest listed first.
    • East Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Oldsmar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
    • Tarpon Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Safety Harbor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ozona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Palm Harbor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dunedin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • High Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • South Highpoint
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint

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

Cemeteries Near Shays Crest ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shays Crest.

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 Shays Crest - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cycadia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Parklawn Memory Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • East Elfers Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadowlawn Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Parklawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gan Shalom Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Meadowlawn Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (85 more) ...
    • Marti Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Showmans Rest Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Shays Crest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shays Crest.

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

  • Keystone Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Odessa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tampa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Ehren
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Port Richey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ybor City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Thonotosassa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Port Tampa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
  • Hudson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mango
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Limona
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Seffner
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Brandon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Valrico
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Shays Crest:

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 Shays Crest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.