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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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Shirley Place is located in Putnam County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent City Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent City Station
      • Crescent City Station is located in Putnam County
    • 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)
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buffalo Bluff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
    • East Palatka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Peniel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peniel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
    • Palatka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Federal Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korona
      • Korona is located in Flagler County
    • Palm Coast
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Beverly Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
      • Acron is located in Lake County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
      • Pittman is located in Lake County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerr City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lynne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynne
      • Lynne is located in Marion County
    • Electra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Marion County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Augustine Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
    • Butler Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Emporia is located in Volusia County
    • Barberville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Volusia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia
      • Volusia is located in Volusia County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomoka Estates
      • Tomoka Estates is located in Volusia County
    • Highland Park ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highland Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
      • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
    • Ormond-by-the-Sea
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormond-by-the-Sea
      • Ormond-by-the-Sea is located in Volusia County
    • De Land Highlands
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land Highlands
      • De Land Highlands is located in Volusia County
    • North De Land
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North De Land
      • North De Land is located in Volusia County
    • Daytona Park Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytona Park Estates
      • Daytona Park Estates is located in Volusia County

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Braddock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Braddock Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Braddock Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Braddock Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southeast of Seville.
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 the Seville Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Seville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Chapel AME Church Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ward Chapel AME Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • The Roberts Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Trinity UMC Cemetery
  • Cone Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Causey Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Causey Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Causey Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harris Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Harris Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Pomona - Lake Como Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pomona - Lake Como Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pomona - Lake Como Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Georgetown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Georgetown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Georgetown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Methodist Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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.<6>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Huntington is located in Putnam County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Fruitland is located in Putnam County
  • Pierson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Sisco
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sisco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisco
    • Sisco is located in Putnam County
  • Welaka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Emporia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
    • Emporia is located in Volusia County
  • Eldridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
    • Eldridge is located in Volusia County
  • Nashua
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashua have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Nashua is located in Putnam County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Norwalk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwalk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Norwalk is located in Putnam County
    • 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]<4>. 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 first turn to 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 Shirley Place:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shirley Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Putnam County: www.putnam-fl.com/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shirley Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shirley Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3986, Longitude: -81.4901       In this case, the coordinates for Shirley Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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.




 

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