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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 Tarpon Point (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 Tarpon Point. 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 Tarpon Point ...

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 Tarpon Point: Tarpon Pt.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Tarpon Point is located in Sarasota 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 Sarasota County: Charlotte, DeSoto & Manatee.

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

  • Sarasota County     (The home county of Tarpon Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tarpon Point, with the one closest to Tarpon Point listed first.
    • Warm Mineral Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • North Port
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Plantation
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Plantation is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
    • Englewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Venice Gardens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Venice Gardens is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Gardens
    • South Venice
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Venice
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Venice is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <1>
    • Shiney Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Shiney Town is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiney Town
    • Nokomis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Laurel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Osprey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vamo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Vamo is located in Sarasota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vamo
  • Charlotte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tarpon Point, with the one closest to Tarpon Point listed first.
    • El Jobean
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Murdock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Grove City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rotonda West
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Manasota Key
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Charlotte
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cape Haze
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Charlotte Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Placida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Harbor View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Harbor View is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
    • Fishermens Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Fishermens Village is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermens Village
    • Charlotte Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Charlotte Park is located in Charlotte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Park
  • DeSoto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tarpon Point, with the one closest to Tarpon Point listed first.
    • Fort Ogden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Nocatee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Arcadia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tarpon Point, with the one closest to Tarpon Point listed first.
    • Boca Grande
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Burnt Store Marina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnt Store Marina is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Store Marina
    • Bokeelia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Cayo Costa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pineland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Island Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pine Island Center is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Center
    • Pineland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pineland is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
    • Matlacha Isles - Matlacha Shores
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Matlacha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Manatee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tarpon Point, with the one closest to Tarpon Point listed first.
    • Sandy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Myakka City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Verna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Verna is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
    • Lakewood Ranch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Waterbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Waterbury is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
    • Tallevast
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Tarpon Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tarpon Point.

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 Tarpon Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gulf Pines Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gulf Pines Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Restlawn Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Venice Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sarasota National Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Indian Springs Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Royal Palm Memorial Gardens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Ogden Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ogden Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Myakka Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Hull Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sarasota Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 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 Tarpon Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tarpon Point.

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

  • Grove City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Charlotte Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Harbor View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Harbor View is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
  • Punta Gorda
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleveland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cleveland is located in Charlotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Fort Ogden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Sandy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy is located in Manatee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Pine Level
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Level is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
  • Nocatee
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Arcadia
    (28 miles [45.1 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 Tarpon Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tarpon Point.

Newspapers Published in Tarpon Point ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tarpon Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tarpon Point, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tarpon Point.

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 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 Tarpon Point:

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 Tarpon Point, 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' (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- Tarpon Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.