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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Topkegaiga. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Topkegaiga to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Topkegaiga, please Contact Us.

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 Topkegaiga (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 Topkegaiga. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Topkegaiga is historic, it would have been located within present day Gadsden 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 Gadsden County: Calhoun, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Decatur (GA), Grady (GA) & Seminole (GA).

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

  • Gadsden County     (The home county of Topkegaiga)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topkegaiga, with the one closest to Topkegaiga listed first.
    • Havana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Midway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Quincy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Douglas City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
    • Gretna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Greensboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
    • River Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
    • Chattahoochee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jackson County
    • Sneads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson County
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topkegaiga, with the one closest to Topkegaiga listed first.
    • Tallahassee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Capitola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
    • Miccosukee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topkegaiga, with the one closest to Topkegaiga listed first.
    • Hosford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Telogia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topkegaiga, with the one closest to Topkegaiga listed first.
    • Wakulla Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Crawfordville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Decatur County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topkegaiga, with the one closest to Topkegaiga listed first.
    • Attapulgus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Fowlstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Faceville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Climax
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Climax <2>
    • Recovery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
      • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
    • Bainbridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Grady County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Topkegaiga, with the one closest to Topkegaiga listed first.
    • Calvary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Reno
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reno have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
      • Reno is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 285 people
    • Good Hope ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
      • Good Hope is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
    • Whigham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Midway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Grady County (GA)
    • Cairo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Cairo is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <2>
    • Woodland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Woodland is located in Grady County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 353 people
  • Seminole County (GA)
    • Reynoldsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
      • Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people

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

Newspapers Published in Topkegaiga ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Topkegaiga.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Topkegaiga, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Topkegaiga.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Topkegaiga:

Cemeteries Near Topkegaiga ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Topkegaiga.

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

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

  • Ferrell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. John's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Nicholson - Freeman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicholson - Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicholson - Freeman Cemetery
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
  • Moore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Shelfer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Shelfer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelfer Cemetery
  • Hopkins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopkins Cemetery
  • Campground Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campground Cemetery
  • Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
  • Woodberry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodberry Cemetery
  • Vickers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vickers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vickers Cemetery
  • Continue List   (194 more) ...
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • St. Hebron Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hebron Cemetery
    • Williams Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery

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.

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

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

  • Scotland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotland is located in Gadsden County
  • Midway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Quincy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Concord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Concord is located in Gadsden County
  • Holland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Leon County
  • Wetumpka
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetumpka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
    • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
  • Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocklockonee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
    • Ocklockonee is located in Leon County
  • Attapulgus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Tallahassee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bradfordville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Bradfordville is located in Leon County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bloxham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloxham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloxham
    • Bloxham is located in Leon County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Fowlstown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Faceville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Iamonia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iamonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iamonia
      • Iamonia is located in Leon County

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

The official website for Gadsden County: www.gadsdengov.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Topkegaiga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Topkegaiga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Topkegaiga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5669, Longitude: -84.4499       In this case, the coordinates for Topkegaiga 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.
<6>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.




 

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