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 Ponte Vedra Beach (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 Ponte Vedra Beach. 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 Ponte Vedra Beach ...
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 Ponte Vedra Beach: S. Ponte Vedra Bch.
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 and doctors 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.
South Ponte Vedra Beach is located in Saint Johns 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 Saint Johns County: Clay, Duval, Flagler & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near South Ponte Vedra Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach:
- Saint Johns County (The home county of South Ponte Vedra Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ponte Vedra Beach, with the one closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach listed first.
- Vilano Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Augustine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Palm Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
- Sawgrass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
- Saint Augustine Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Augustine South
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
- Ponte Vedra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
- Saint Augustine Shores
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ponte Vedra Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Butler Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
- Crescent Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Elkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tocoi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ponte Vedra Beach, with the one closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach listed first.
- Green Cove Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Orange Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bellair - Meadowbrook Terrace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doctors Inlet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lakeside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lakeside is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Asbury Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
- Penney Farms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Duval County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ponte Vedra Beach, with the one closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach listed first.
- Jacksonville Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
- Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
- Pablo Beach
- Ruby
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <1>
- Neptune Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- San Pablo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- San Pablo is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
- Loretto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loretto is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
- Sans Pareil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
- Atlantic Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mandarin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mandarin is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
- Greenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Bowden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowden is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
- Mayport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mayport is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayport
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Saint Nicholas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
- San Marco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- San Marco is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
- Flagler County
- Marineland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Ponte Vedra Beach, with the one closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach listed first.
- Federal Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Federal Point is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
- Bostwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Palatka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach, see our County-by-County Page for South Ponte Vedra Beach.
Cemeteries Near South Ponte Vedra Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Ponte Vedra Beach.
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 Ponte Vedra Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Ponte Vedra Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Ponte Vedra Beach, with the one closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Augustine Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Augustine National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- San Lorenzo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ponte Vedra Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sampson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Craig Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Craig Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Augustine.
- The Craig Memorial Park has also been known as:
- St. Augustine Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72556 <2>
- Barnes Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bakersville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Julington Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julington Cemetery
- The Julington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Julington Baptist Church Cemetery
- Continue List (41 more) ...
- Warren Smith Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Landing Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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 Ponte Vedra Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Ponte Vedra Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Ponte Vedra Beach, with the one closest to South Ponte Vedra Beach listed first.
- Saint Augustine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Anastasia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
- Sampson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sampson is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Moultrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
- Bayard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Greenland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Picolata
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata
- Tocoi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
- Armstrong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Switzerland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
- San Pablo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- San Pablo is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Walkill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Walkill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkill
- West Tocoi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Tocoi is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
- Plummers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plummers is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Ponte Vedra Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Ponte Vedra Beach.
Newspapers Published in South Ponte Vedra Beach ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Ponte Vedra Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Ponte Vedra Beach, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Ponte Vedra Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ponte Vedra Beach:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Saint Johns County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Duval County
- Flagler County
- Putnam 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 Ponte Vedra Beach, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Ponte Vedra Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |