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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 Tallahassee (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 Tallahassee. 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.

Tallahassee is located in Leon County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Leon County: Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla, Grady (GA) & Thomas (GA).

Below are the counties that are near Tallahassee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tallahassee:

  • Leon County     (The home county of Tallahassee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tallahassee, with the one closest to Tallahassee listed first.
    • Woodville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Capitola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
    • Miccosukee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tallahassee, with the one closest to Tallahassee listed first.
    • Midway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Havana
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Quincy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Douglas City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
    • Gretna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Greensboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tallahassee, with the one closest to Tallahassee listed first.
    • Lloyd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Wacissa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Thomas City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas City
      • Thomas City is located in Jefferson County
    • Waukeenah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Monticello
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Lamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tallahassee, with the one closest to Tallahassee listed first.
    • Wakulla Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Crawfordville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Saint Marks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Panacea
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sopchoppy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Decatur County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tallahassee, with the one closest to Tallahassee listed first.
    • Attapulgus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fowlstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Faceville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
  • Grady County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tallahassee, with the one closest to Tallahassee listed first.
    • Calvary
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Good Hope ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
      • Good Hope is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
    • Reno
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Reno is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 285 people
    • Midway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Grady County (GA)
    • Cairo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Cairo is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
    • Whigham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tallahassee ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tallahassee.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tallahassee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tallahassee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tallahassee.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Tallahassee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Tallahassee:

Cemeteries Near Tallahassee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tallahassee.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Old City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Tallahassee Memory Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tallahassee Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tallahassee Memory Gardens
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Soda Field Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soda Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soda Field Cemetery
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Southside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southside Cemetery
  • Meadowwood Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadowwood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadowwood Memorial Park
  • Culley's Meadow Wood Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Munree Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Munree Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Munree Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Tallahassee.
    • The Munree Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fleischmann Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Munree Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2395019 <4>
  • East Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rhodes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rhodes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rhodes Cemetery
  • Continue List   (170 more) ...
    • Memory Gardens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens Cemetery
    • Bethel UMC Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Johnson - Moore Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tallahassee had a population of 2,934 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tallahassee had a population of 196,326 people.

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

  • Woodville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Chaires
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaires have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaires
    • Chaires is located in Leon County
  • Bradfordville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Bradfordville is located in Leon County
  • Midway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Scotland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotland is located in Gadsden County
  • Wakulla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wakulla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
    • Wakulla is located in Wakulla County
  • Concord
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Concord is located in Gadsden County
  • Lloyd
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocklockonee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
    • Ocklockonee is located in Leon County
  • Holland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Leon County
  • Crawfordville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Newport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Wakulla County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Miccosukee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Iamonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iamonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iamonia
      • Iamonia is located in Leon County
    • Wacissa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

The official website for Tallahassee: www.talgov.com/

The official website for Leon County: www.co.leon.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tallahassee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tallahassee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4382, Longitude: -84.2806    
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 Tallahassee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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