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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 Up the Grove Beach (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 Up the Grove Beach. 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.

Name Variations for Up the Grove Beach ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Up the Grove Beach: Up The Grove Bch.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and 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.

Up the Grove Beach is located in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County: Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Osceola, Palm Beach & Saint Lucie.

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

  • Okeechobee County     (The home county of Up the Grove Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Up the Grove Beach, with the one closest to Up the Grove Beach listed first.
    • Taylor Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Creek
      • Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County
    • Cypress Quarters
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
      • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
    • Okeechobee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Glades County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Up the Grove Beach, with the one closest to Up the Grove Beach listed first.
    • Buckhead Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Ridge
      • Buckhead Ridge is located in Glades County
    • Lakeport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Up the Grove Beach, with the one closest to Up the Grove Beach listed first.
    • Port Mayaca
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Indiantown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • North River Shores
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North River Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Shores
      • North River Shores is located in Martin County
    • Palm City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Stuart
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jensen Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Rio
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
      • Rio is located in Martin County
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Up the Grove Beach, with the one closest to Up the Grove Beach listed first.
    • Canal Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Bryant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Pahokee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fremd Village - Padgett Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Fremd Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremd Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremd Village
      • Fremd Village is located in Palm Beach County
  • Saint Lucie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Up the Grove Beach, with the one closest to Up the Grove Beach listed first.
    • Port Saint Lucie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • White City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Saint Lucie County
    • Indian River Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River Estates
      • Indian River Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
    • Fort Pierce
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakewood Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Park
      • Lakewood Park is located in Saint Lucie County

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

Cemeteries Near Up the Grove Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Up the Grove Beach.

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 Up the Grove Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Okeechobee.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71954 <4>
  • Port Mayaca Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Basinger Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Basinger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Basinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • White City Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Up the Grove Beach ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Up the Grove Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Up the Grove Beach, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Up the Grove Beach.

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 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 Up the Grove Beach:

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

The official website for Okeechobee County: www.co.okeechobee.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: https://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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Up the Grove Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Up the Grove Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.1762, Longitude: -80.7264       In this case, the coordinates for Up the Grove Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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This page was last modified/updated: 28 Mar 2025