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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 Theresa Rodriquez Grant (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 Theresa Rodriquez Grant. 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 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.

Theresa Rodriquez Grant is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter & Volusia.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Theresa Rodriquez Grant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Theresa Rodriquez Grant, with the one closest to Theresa Rodriquez Grant listed first.
    • Cassia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cassia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Mount Plymouth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Lakes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
    • Mount Dora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Paisley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
      • Acron is located in Lake County
    • Lake Kathryn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Eustis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Oakland Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
      • Oakland Park is located in Lake County
    • Altoona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Jem
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Theresa Rodriquez Grant, with the one closest to Theresa Rodriquez Grant listed first.
    • Eastlake Weir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Weirsdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Ocklawaha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Marion County
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Theresa Rodriquez Grant, with the one closest to Theresa Rodriquez Grant listed first.
    • Tangerine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Apopka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Zellwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • South Apopka
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Apopka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Apopka
      • South Apopka is located in Orange County
    • Clarcona
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lockhart
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
    • Eatonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Maitland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Shores
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
    • Fairvilla
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ocoee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <3>
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Theresa Rodriquez Grant, with the one closest to Theresa Rodriquez Grant listed first.
    • Heathrow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Monroe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wekiwa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Lake Mary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
    • Sanlando Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Sanford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Longwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Casselberry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fern Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Mound Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Mound Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
      • Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
  • Sumter County
    • The Villages
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Villages have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Theresa Rodriquez Grant, with the one closest to Theresa Rodriquez Grant listed first.
    • Fort Florida
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
    • De Bary
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Valdez
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • Orange City Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
    • Orange City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Deltona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Beresford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
      • Beresford is located in Volusia County
    • Enterprise
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • De Land Southwest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land Southwest
      • De Land Southwest is located in Volusia County
    • West De Land
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West De Land
      • West De Land is located in Volusia County
    • Highland Park ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highland Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
      • Highland Park is located in Volusia County
    • Cassadaga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • De Land
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Theresa Rodriquez Grant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Theresa Rodriquez Grant.

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 Theresa Rodriquez Grant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Seminole Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seminole Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seminole Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cassia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cassia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cassia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sorrento Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sorrento Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sorrento Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seneca Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seneca Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seneca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bay Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Forest Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Forest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tangerine Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Oaklawn Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ponceannah Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ponceannah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ponceannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zellwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zellwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zellwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Plymouth Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plymouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (101 more) ...
    • Edgewood - Greenwood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • MB Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the MB Church Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the MB Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>

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.<5>

While we didn't find Theresa Rodriquez Grant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Theresa Rodriquez Grant.

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

  • Cassia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cassia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
    • Cassia is located in Lake County
  • Sorrento
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ethel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Ethel is located in Lake County
  • Seneca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Seneca is located in Lake County
  • Bay Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge
    • Bay Ridge is located in Orange County
  • Mount Dora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Tangerine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Zellwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Apopka
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Paisley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • McDonald
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonald have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
    • McDonald is located in Orange County
  • Plymouth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Eustis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Crows Bluff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crows Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Bluff
      • Crows Bluff is located in Lake County
    • Altoona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Theresa Rodriquez Grant ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Theresa Rodriquez Grant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Theresa Rodriquez Grant, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Theresa Rodriquez Grant.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Theresa Rodriquez Grant:

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

The official website for Lake County: www.lakegovernment.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Theresa Rodriquez Grant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Theresa Rodriquez Grant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Theresa Rodriquez Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8442, Longitude: -81.4923       In this case, the coordinates for Theresa Rodriquez Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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