Our Genealogy Helper
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 Ulmerton (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 Ulmerton. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Ulmerton is located in Pinellas 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 Pinellas County: Hillsborough & Pasco.
Below are the counties that are near Ulmerton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ulmerton:
- Pinellas County (The home county of Ulmerton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmerton, with the one closest to Ulmerton listed first.
- Largo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Baskin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baskin is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskin
- Four Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Ridgecrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgecrest is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- South Highpoint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highpoint
- Belleair Bluffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belleair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seminole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Anona is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anona
- Habor Bluffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Habor Bluffs is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habor Bluffs
- Harbor Bluffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harbor Bluffs is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Bluffs
- Belleair Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmerton, with the one closest to Ulmerton listed first.
- Bayport Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bayport Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport Village
- Bayside Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bayside Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Village
- Mecca City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca City
- Port Tampa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
- Holiday Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
- Rocky Point Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Village
- Town 'n' Country
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Town 'n' Country is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town 'n' Country
- West Waters Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Waters Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Waters Village
- Westchase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westchase is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchase
- Culbreath Bayou
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Culbreath Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Bayou
- Culbreath Isles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Culbreath Isles is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbreath Isles
- Canterbury Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canterbury Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
- Manatee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmerton, with the one closest to Ulmerton listed first.
- Terra Ceia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Anna Maria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Holmes Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palma Sola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- West Bradenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Bradenton is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bradenton
- Palmetto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bradenton Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cortez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ellenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parrish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pasco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ulmerton, with the one closest to Ulmerton listed first.
- Holiday
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Trinity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beacon Square
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beacon Square is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Square
- Elfers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- New Port Richey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Port Richey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jasmine Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jasmine Estates is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Estates
- Land O' Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bayonet Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ulmerton, see our County-by-County Page for Ulmerton.
Cemeteries Near Ulmerton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ulmerton.
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 Ulmerton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ulmerton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ulmerton, with the one closest to Ulmerton listed first.
- Chapel Hill Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Garden Sanctuary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenity Gardens Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Serenity Gardens Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Anona.
- The Serenity Gardens Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Moss Feaster Serenity Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72605 <2>
- Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bay Pines National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McMullen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Palm North Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunedin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Dunedin Highland Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Memory Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Memory Gardens
- The Woodlawn Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Woodlawn 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ulmerton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ulmerton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ulmerton, with the one closest to Ulmerton listed first.
- Port Tampa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Port Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tampa
- Keystone Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
- Tampa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <1>
- Ybor City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ybor City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ybor City
- Gulf City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
- Odessa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Terra Ceia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Port Richey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Palma Sola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Peru ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Palmetto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Limona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Limona is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limona
- Mango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ellenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ulmerton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ulmerton.
Newspapers Published in Ulmerton ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ulmerton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ulmerton, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ulmerton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Ulmerton:
- Websites specific to Florida
- Pages specific to Pinellas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Manatee County
- Pasco County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Florida
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> | 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 Ulmerton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Ulmerton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |