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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 Wagner (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 Wagner. 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.

Wagner is located in Seminole 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 Seminole County: Lake, Orange & Volusia.

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

  • Seminole County     (The home county of Wagner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Winter Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Casselberry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Longwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lake Mary
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cameron City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
    • Oviedo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <1>
    • Fern Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Midway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Midway is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Heathrow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Indian Mound Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Aurantia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Aurantia is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurantia
    • Scottsmoor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Turnbull
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Turnbull is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
    • Mims
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Titusville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian River City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Indian River City is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Ethel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ethel is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Cassia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
    • Mount Plymouth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
    • Pine Lakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
    • Sorrento
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lake Mack - Forest Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Jem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
    • Mount Dora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Lake Kathryn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Kathryn is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kathryn
    • Montverde
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Oakland Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Oakland Park is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
    • Acron ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Acron is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acron
    • Paisley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Goldenrod
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Aloma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Maitland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Winter Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Eatonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Alafaya
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Shores
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
    • Azalea Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Fairvilla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockhart
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orlando
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Apopka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kissimmee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Runnymede
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
    • Celebration
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Valdez
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
    • Enterprise
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lemon Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
    • De Bary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Fort Florida
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
    • Osteen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Deltona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Kalamazoo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kalamazoo is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
    • Orange City Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
    • Orange City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cow Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cow Creek is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
    • Cassadaga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Alamana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Alamana is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamana

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

Cemeteries Near Wagner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagner.

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 Wagner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Longwood Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Slavia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Restlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sanford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Glen Haven Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oaklawn Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rouse Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Palm Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pinewood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Highland Memory Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Memory Gardens
    • The Highland Memory Gardens has also been known as:
    • Highland Memorial Garden
    • Highland Memorial Gardens
  • Geneva Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (92 more) ...
    • Chuluota Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Garfield Settlement Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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 Wagner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wagner.

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

  • Goldenrod
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Maitland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Winter Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eatonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Piedmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Piedmont is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
  • Enterprise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ethel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ethel is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Osteen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Orlando
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarcona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Conway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
  • Apopka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Pine Castle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Orange City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cassia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia

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

Newspapers Published in Wagner ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wagner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Wagner:

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 Wagner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Wagner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.