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 Summer Haven (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 Summer Haven. 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 Summer Haven ...
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 Summer Haven: Summer Hvn. (or less commonly used: Summer Havn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Summer Haven. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Summer Haven.
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 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.
Summer Haven 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 Summer Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summer Haven:
- Saint Johns County (The home county of Summer Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summer Haven, with the one closest to Summer Haven listed first.
- Crescent Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Butler Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Butler Beach is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Beach
- Saint Augustine Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Augustine Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine South
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Augustine South is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine South
- Elkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Augustine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Vilano Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hastings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tocoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
- Flagler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summer Haven, with the one closest to Summer Haven listed first.
- Marineland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Palm Coast
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beverly Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Beverly Beach is located in Flagler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Bunnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Flagler Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Korona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Korona is located in Flagler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korona
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summer Haven, with the one closest to Summer Haven listed first.
- Federal Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Federal Point is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
- East Palatka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- San Mateo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Como
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bostwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pomona Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palatka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crescent City Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Satsuma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
- Peniel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peniel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peniel
- Nashua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Volusia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summer Haven, with the one closest to Summer Haven listed first.
- Ormond-by-the-Sea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ormond-by-the-Sea is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormond-by-the-Sea
- Tomoka Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tomoka Estates is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomoka Estates
- Ellinor Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ellinor Village is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellinor Village
- Ormond Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Summer Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Summer Haven.
Cemeteries Near Summer Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summer Haven.
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 Summer Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summer Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summer Haven, with the one closest to Summer Haven listed first.
- Pellicer Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnes Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- St. Augustine National Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- San Lorenzo Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Espanola Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Augustine Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Resthaven Cemetery & Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yelvington Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 Summer Haven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Summer Haven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summer Haven, with the one closest to Summer Haven listed first.
- Moultrie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moultrie is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moultrie
- Anastasia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Anastasia is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anastasia
- Saint Augustine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Armstrong
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Yelvington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yelvington is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelvington
- Federal Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Federal Point is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Point
- Bridgeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Orange Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
- San Mateo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tocoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tocoi is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocoi
- East Palatka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Como
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Crescent City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Tocoi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Tocoi is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tocoi
- Bostwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summer Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summer Haven.
Newspapers Published in Summer Haven ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summer Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summer Haven, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Summer Haven.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Summer Haven:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Saint Johns County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Flagler County
- Putnam County
- Volusia 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 Summer Haven, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Summer Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |