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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 Silver Beach Heights (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 Silver Beach Heights. 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 Silver Beach Heights ...

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 Silver Beach Heights: Silver Bch. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Silver Beach Heights is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Silver Beach Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Beach Heights, with the one closest to Silver Beach Heights listed first.
    • Altoona
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Umatilla
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pittman
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pittman is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
    • Eustis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Grand Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Paisley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mid Florida Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mid Florida Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Florida Lakes
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Acron is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
    • Lisbon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Mount Dora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Oakland Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Oakland Park is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
    • Bassville Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bassville Park is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville Park
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Beach Heights, with the one closest to Silver Beach Heights listed first.
    • Eastlake Weir
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Weirsdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ocklawaha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Electra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Candler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynne is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynne
    • Summerfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Silver Springs Shores
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Belleview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Salt Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Danks Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Kerr City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Kerr City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr City
    • Silver Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Beach Heights, with the one closest to Silver Beach Heights listed first.
    • Tangerine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Zellwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Apopka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • South Apopka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • South Apopka is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Apopka
    • Paradise Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
    • Crown Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Crown Point is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
    • Clarcona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockhart
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Garden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Killarney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Oakland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Ocoee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <1>
  • Putnam County
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Beach Heights, with the one closest to Silver Beach Heights listed first.
    • Heathrow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Monroe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
    • Forest City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Lake Mary
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Longwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Casselberry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fern Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Mound Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Beach Heights, with the one closest to Silver Beach Heights listed first.
    • The Villages
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
    • Orange Home
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Home is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
    • Oxford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Adamsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Adamsville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Coleman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sumterville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Center Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Beach Heights, with the one closest to Silver Beach Heights listed first.
    • Volusia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Volusia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volusia
    • Beresford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Beresford is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
    • Fort Florida
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
    • Highland Park ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • De Bary
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • West De Land
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • West De Land is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West De Land
    • Emporia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Emporia is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
    • Glenwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • De Land Southwest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • De Land Southwest is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land Southwest
    • Orange City Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
    • Orange City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Barberville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • De Leon Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Silver Beach Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Beach Heights.

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 Silver Beach Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Glendale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Altoona Hinson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Umatilla Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Marsh Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeside Memory Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ponceannah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Seneca Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shockley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Forest Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Seminole Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Tavares Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lane Park Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sorrento Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Silver Beach Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Beach Heights.

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

  • Umatilla
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Altoona
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pittman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pittman is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman
  • Fort Mason
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Mason is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mason
  • Grand Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eustis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Seneca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Seneca is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
  • Paisley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lisbon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lisbon is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Orange Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Bend is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
  • Mount Dora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Tavares
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Sorrento
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tangerine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Cassia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia

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

Newspapers Published in Silver Beach Heights ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Beach Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Beach Heights, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver Beach Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Silver Beach Heights:

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 Silver Beach Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Silver Beach Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.