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Nearest Communities to Taylor Creek,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Taylor Creek, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Taylor Creek:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Taylor Creek.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Okeechobee County: Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Osceola, Palm Beach & Saint Lucie.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Taylor Creek. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Okeechobee County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Taylor Creek (which is Okeechobee County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Taylor Creek

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Okeechobee County   (where Taylor Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.okeechobeecountyfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Okeechobee:   Okeechobee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taylor Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taylor Creek.
      • Sherman
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Sherman is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Cypress Quarters
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
      • Okeechobee
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Barber Quarters
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Barber Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Up the Grove Beach
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Up the Grove Beach is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Basswood Estates
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Basswood Estates is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Whispering Pines
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Whispering Pines is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Mildred
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mildred is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Dixie Ranch Acres
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Dixie Ranch Acres is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Eagle Island
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Eagle Island is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Hilolo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Hilolo is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Basinger
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Basinger is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Fort Drum
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Fort Drum is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Osowaw Junction
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Osowaw Junction is located in Okeechobee County
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  • Glades County
  • Highlands County
    • County Website:   https://www.highlandsfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Highlands:   Sebring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taylor Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taylor Creek.
      • Brighton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Brighton is located in Highlands County
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      • Fort Basinger
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Basinger is located in Highlands County
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      • Cornwell
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Cornwell is located in Highlands County
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      • Plains
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Plains is located in Highlands County
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      • Wild Island
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Wild Island is located in Highlands County
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      • Marland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Marland is located in Highlands County
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      • Sunvale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sunvale is located in Highlands County
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      • Bear Hollow
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Bear Hollow is located in Highlands County
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  • Martin County
  • Palm Beach County
  • Saint Lucie County
    • County Website:   https://www.stlucieco.gov/
    • County Seat for Saint Lucie:   Fort Pierce
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Taylor Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Taylor Creek.
      • Cana
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Cana is located in Saint Lucie County
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      • Carlton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Carlton is located in Saint Lucie County
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      • Port Saint Lucie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • River Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • River Park is located in Saint Lucie County
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      • Collins Park Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Collins Park Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
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      • White City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • White City is located in Saint Lucie County
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      • Anglevillas
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Anglevillas is located in Saint Lucie County
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      • Cortez Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Cortez Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
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Footnotes ...

<1>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- Taylor Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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