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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 Forrest (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 Forrest. 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 hospitals and 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 Forrest 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 Silver Forrest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Forrest:

  • Hillsborough County     (The home county of Silver Forrest)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Forrest, with the one closest to Silver Forrest listed first.
    • University
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • University is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
    • Brant Lake Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Brant Lake Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant Lake Village
    • University Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • University Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • The Villas at University Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • John Knox Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • John Knox Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Knox Village
    • Lake Magdalene
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Magdalene is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Magdalene
    • Northwood Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Northwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
    • Woodbriar Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodbriar Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbriar Village
    • College Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • College Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
    • Cherry Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Hampton Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Hampton Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village
    • Indian Mound Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Indian Mound Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
  • Hernando County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Forrest, with the one closest to Silver Forrest listed first.
    • Masaryktown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Timber Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
    • Spring Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Weeki Wachee Acres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Weeki Wachee Acres is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeki Wachee Acres
    • Hill 'n Dale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
    • 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
    • Weeki Wachee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Wiscon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
    • Hernando Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Forrest, with the one closest to Silver Forrest listed first.
    • Land O' Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Odessa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wesley Chapel South
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
    • Wesley Chapel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Trinity
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Springs is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Zephyrhills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Leo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Elfers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pinellas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Forrest, with the one closest to Silver Forrest listed first.
    • Oldsmar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • East Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
    • Safety Harbor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayview ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayview is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • Feather Sound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Gandy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gandy is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy
    • High Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Cove Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Cove Springs is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Springs
    • Dunedin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Palm Harbor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Tarpon Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Silver Forrest, with the one closest to Silver Forrest listed first.
    • Kathleen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Winston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Winston is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
    • Gibsonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Gibsonia is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
    • Nichols
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Lakeland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Medulla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Medulla is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
    • Acton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Acton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Lakeland Highlands
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Highlands is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Highlands

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

Cemeteries Near Silver Forrest ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Forrest.

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 Forrest - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lake Carroll Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Robles Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gan Shalom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Gardens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rose Hill Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Rose Hill Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Rose Hills Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72535 <2>
  • Orange Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Showmans Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Israel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Israel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Beth Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2425075 <2>
  • Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old)
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
    • The Centro Asturiano Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
    • Old Centro Asturiano Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2346261 <2>
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • 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.
    • Centro Espanol Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro Espanol Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centro Espanol Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The Centro Espanol Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cemeterio Espanol
      • Centro Espanol Memorial Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2355874 <2>
    • La Unione Italiana Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Unione Italiana Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the La Unione Italiana Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tampa.
      • The La Unione Italiana Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Italian Clud Cemetery
      • L'Unione Italiana Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979335 <2>

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

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

  • Thonotosassa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Tampa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Ybor City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
  • Odessa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mango
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ehren
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Seffner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Limona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Limona is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
  • Keystone Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Brandon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Valrico
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sydney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Port Tampa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Keene
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Keene is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene

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

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 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 Forrest:

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