Our Genealogy Helper
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 South Brooksville (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 South Brooksville. 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 South Brooksville ...
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 South Brooksville: S. Brooksville
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Brooksville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Brooksville.
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 hospitals 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.
South Brooksville is located in Hernando 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 Hernando County: Citrus, Pasco & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near South Brooksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Brooksville:
- Hernando County (The home county of South Brooksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Brooksville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Brooksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Brooksville is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooksville
- Wiscon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wiscon is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
- Brookridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brookridge is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
- Hill 'n Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
- Spring Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lake Lindsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Lindsey is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lindsey
- Masaryktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- High Point is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Ringgold ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ringgold is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Spring Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Weeki Wachee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Weeki Wachee is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weeki Wachee
- Centralia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Citrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Sugarmill Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugarmill Woods is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarmill Woods
- Floral City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mannfield ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mannfield is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
- Inverness Highlands South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Inverness
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Homosassa Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Homosassa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lecanto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Inverness Highlands North
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Citrus Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
- Hernando
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beverly Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Black Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Florida Townsend Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heritage Harbor Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Brooker Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Brooker Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brooker Village
- Lake Keen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
- Lakeview Villas at Pebble Creek Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lutz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek Village
- Pebble Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pebble Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Biarritz Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
- Cannes Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
- Cheval Wimbledon Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cheval
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cheval is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheval
- Lake Sapphire Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Sapphire Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sapphire Village
- Pasco County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Shady Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Trilby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lacoochee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Moss Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Moss Town is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
- Fivay ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fivay is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
- San Antonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
- Saint Leo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dade City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aripeka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Chapel South
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wesley Chapel South is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel South
- Wesley Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Bay Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
- Bucker Womans Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bucker Womans Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucker Womans Town
- Wahoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Bushnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
- Webster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Linden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Lake Panasoffkee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sumterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Coleman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Brooksville, see our County-by-County Page for South Brooksville.
Cemeteries Near South Brooksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Brooksville.
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 South Brooksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Brooksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Hope Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hope Hill Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Brooksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457068 <2>
- Brooksville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooksville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Brooksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71806 <2>
- McGeachy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Long Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Florida Hills Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Community Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Masaryktown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Lindsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Townsend House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- New Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Loyce Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stage Pond Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 South Brooksville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Brooksville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Brooksville, with the one closest to South Brooksville listed first.
- Brooksville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wiscon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wiscon is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
- Jessamine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jessamine is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessamine
- Istachatta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Lacoochee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bayport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bayport is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport
- San Antonio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- San Antonio is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
- Former name for San Antonio:
- Lake Jovita
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
- Bay Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
- Saint Leo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Catherine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Catherine is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catherine
- Floral City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mannfield ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mannfield is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
- Ehren
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ehren is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
- Bushnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Brooksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Brooksville.
Newspapers Published in South Brooksville ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Brooksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Brooksville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Brooksville.
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 helpful 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 South Brooksville:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Hernando County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Citrus County
- Hillsborough County
- Pasco County
- Sumter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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 South Brooksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- South Brooksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |