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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 Thomas City (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 Thomas City. 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 and 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.

Thomas City is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, Brooks (GA) & Thomas (GA).

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Thomas City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas City, with the one closest to Thomas City listed first.
    • Wacissa
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Waukeenah
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lamont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lloyd
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Monticello
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Aucilla
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
  • Gadsden County
    • Midway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas City, with the one closest to Thomas City listed first.
    • Capitola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Woodville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Miccosukee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Tallahassee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bradfordville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradfordville is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Iamonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Iamonia is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iamonia
    • Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ocklockonee is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas City, with the one closest to Thomas City listed first.
    • Greenville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hamburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas City, with the one closest to Thomas City listed first.
    • Shady Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Perry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thomas City, with the one closest to Thomas City listed first.
    • Saint Marks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wakulla Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crawfordville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Thomas City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomas City.

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 Thomas City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Walker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Broomsage Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Skipper Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rocky Ford Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greater Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Marille Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Willie Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...
    • Walker Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Oakfield Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Godwin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<4>

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

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

  • Wacissa
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Waukeenah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lloyd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lamont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Chaires
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chaires is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaires
  • Monticello
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Iddo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Iddo is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iddo
  • Aucilla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
  • Newport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Newport is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Woodville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Wakulla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wakulla is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
  • Miccosukee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Waylonzo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Waylonzo is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylonzo
    • Saint Marks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tallahassee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Thomas City ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomas City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomas City, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomas City.

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 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 Thomas City:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thomas City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Thomas City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.