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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 Terrytown (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 Terrytown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Terrytown is located in Palm Beach County.

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 Palm Beach County: Broward, Glades, Hendry, Martin & Okeechobee.

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

  • Palm Beach County     (The home county of Terrytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terrytown, with the one closest to Terrytown listed first.
    • Deem City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deem City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
      • Deem City is located in Palm Beach County
    • Mission Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamptons at Boca Raton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons at Boca Raton
      • Hamptons at Boca Raton is located in Palm Beach County
    • Whisper Walk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whisper Walk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
    • Boca Pointe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boca Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
    • Boca West
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boca West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
    • Belle Glade Camp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Glade Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Glade Camp
      • Belle Glade Camp is located in Palm Beach County
    • Boca Del Mar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boca Del Mar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
    • Boca Raton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Kings Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
    • Belle Glade
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Broward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terrytown, with the one closest to Terrytown listed first.
    • Parkland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Coral Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ramblewood East
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood East
      • Ramblewood East is located in Broward County
    • Weston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Godfrey Road
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey Road
      • Godfrey Road is located in Broward County
    • Tamarac
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsboro Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Pines
      • Hillsboro Pines is located in Broward County
    • Margate
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • North Lauderdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Country Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Country Estates. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estates
      • Country Estates is located in Broward County
    • Sunrise
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coconut Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Terrytown, with the one closest to Terrytown listed first.
    • Country Club
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Palm Springs North
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs North
      • Palm Springs North is located in Miami-Dade County

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

Newspapers Published in Terrytown ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Terrytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Terrytown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Terrytown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Terrytown:

Cemeteries Near Terrytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Terrytown.

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 Terrytown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Eternal Light Memorial Gardens
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eternal Light Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eternal Light Memorial Gardens
  • Westview Community Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens
  • Westlawn Memorial Gardens
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westlawn Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westlawn Memorial Gardens
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
  • Gardens of Boca Raton Memorial Park
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lauderdale Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lauderdale Memorial Gardens
  • Washington Memorial Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Memorial Cemetery
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County
  • South Florida National Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens North have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Memorial Gardens North
    • Boca Raton Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boca Raton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boca Raton Cemetery
    • Pompano Beach Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pompano Beach Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pompano Beach.
      • The Pompano Beach Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pompano Beach South Lawn Cemetery
      • South Lawn Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pompano Beach Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993291 <5>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Terrytown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Palm Beach County: www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Terrytown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Terrytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.3362, Longitude: -80.5392       In this case, the coordinates for Terrytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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