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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 Spuds (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 Spuds. 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 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.

Spuds 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 Spuds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spuds:

  • Saint Johns County     (The home county of Spuds)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spuds, with the one closest to Spuds listed first.
    • Armstrong
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Hastings
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tocoi
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
    • Saint Augustine Shores
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Augustine Shores is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine Shores
    • Saint Augustine South
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
    • Butler Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
    • Crescent Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Saint Augustine Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Augustine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vilano Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruit Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Johns
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spuds, with the one closest to Spuds listed first.
    • Green Cove Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Penney Farms
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Asbury Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Asbury Lake is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Lake
    • Doctors Inlet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Duval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spuds, with the one closest to Spuds listed first.
    • Loretto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Mandarin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Mandarin is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandarin
  • Flagler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spuds, with the one closest to Spuds listed first.
    • Marineland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Palm Coast
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bunnell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beverly Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Flagler Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Korona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Korona is located in Flagler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korona
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spuds, with the one closest to Spuds listed first.
    • Federal Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
    • East Palatka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bostwick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • San Mateo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Palatka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Peniel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Peniel is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
    • Buffalo Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
    • Satsuma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Como
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pomona Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Nashua
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Nashua is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
    • Crescent City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Welaka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Volusia County

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

Cemeteries Near Spuds ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spuds.

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

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

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

  • Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Yelvington Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pellicer Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Barnes Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • San Mateo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Craig Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Putnam County Poor Farm Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • West View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bakersville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (53 more) ...
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Armstrong
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Federal Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Federal Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
  • Bridgeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Orange Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
  • Yelvington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Yelvington is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
  • Tocoi
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
  • East Palatka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Moultrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
  • Bostwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Teasdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Teasdale is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
  • San Mateo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Tocoi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Tocoi is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Palatka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lundy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lundy is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
    • Picolata
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Picolata is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picolata

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

Newspapers Published in Spuds ...

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 Spuds.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spuds, 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 Spuds.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Spuds:

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 Spuds, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spuds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.