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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 Shirley Place (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 Shirley Place. 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 Shirley Place ...

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 Shirley Place: Shirley Pl. (or less commonly used: Shirley Plc.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Shirley Place is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Flagler, Marion, Saint Johns & Volusia.

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

  • Putnam County     (The home county of Shirley Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shirley Place, with the one closest to Shirley Place listed first.
    • Crescent City Station
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Como
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pomona Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Welaka
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nashua
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Nashua is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Satsuma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • San Mateo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • East Palatka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Peniel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Palatka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shirley Place, with the one closest to Shirley Place listed first.
    • Bunnell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Korona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Korona is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korona
    • Palm Coast
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Beverly Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Flagler Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Marineland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shirley Place, with the one closest to Shirley Place listed first.
    • Astor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake Kathryn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Acron is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Paisley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Pittman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pittman is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shirley Place, with the one closest to Shirley Place listed first.
    • Salt Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Kerr City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
    • Fort McCoy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Orange Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lynne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lynne is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynne
    • Electra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Electra is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
  • Saint Johns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shirley Place, with the one closest to Shirley Place listed first.
    • Hastings
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Armstrong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Elkton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Crescent Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Butler Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shirley Place, with the one closest to Shirley Place listed first.
    • Seville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pierson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Emporia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Emporia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
    • Barberville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Volusia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Volusia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia
    • De Leon Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Tomoka Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Tomoka Estates is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomoka Estates
    • Highland Park ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • Ormond-by-the-Sea
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ormond-by-the-Sea is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormond-by-the-Sea
    • De Land Highlands
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • De Land Highlands is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land Highlands
    • North De Land
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North De Land is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North De Land
    • Daytona Park Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Daytona Park Estates is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytona Park Estates

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

Cemeteries Near Shirley Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shirley Place.

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 Shirley Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Eden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Braddock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Braddock Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Seville.
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
    • The St. John's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. John's Missionary Church Cemetery
  • Seville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Seville Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Seville.
  • Ward Chapel AME Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
    • The Roberts Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Trinity UMC Cemetery
  • Cone Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Causey Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pomona - Lake Como Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Methodist Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Cemetery
      • The Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Methodist Church Cemetery
      • Pierson Methodist Cemetery
    • Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Shirley Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shirley Place.

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

  • Crescent City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Huntington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Huntington is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Seville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lake Como
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Fruitland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fruitland is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
  • Pierson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Sisco
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sisco is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisco
  • Welaka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Emporia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Emporia is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
  • Eldridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Eldridge is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
  • Nashua
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nashua is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Norwalk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Norwalk is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
    • Satsuma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Barberville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Shirley Place ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shirley Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shirley Place, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shirley Place.

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 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 Shirley Place:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shirley Place) 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 Shirley Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.