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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 Wekiwa Springs (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 Wekiwa Springs. 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 Wekiwa Springs ...

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.

Another variation: Wekiva Springs.

  • A typical abbreviation for Wekiwa Springs: Wekiwa Spgs. (or less commonly used: Wekiwa Spngs. or Wekiwa Sprngs.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

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

  • Seminole County     (The home county of Wekiwa Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wekiwa Springs, with the one closest to Wekiwa Springs listed first.
    • Sanlando Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Forest City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
    • Altamonte Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Heathrow
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fern Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Casselberry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Winter Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lake Mary
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Monroe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cameron City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wekiwa Springs, with the one closest to Wekiwa Springs listed first.
    • Mount Plymouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cassia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Lake Jem
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
    • Mount Dora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Lakes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
    • Oakland Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
      • Oakland Park is located in Lake County
    • Montverde
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferndale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Eustis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Waits Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waits Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
    • Astatula
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wekiwa Springs, with the one closest to Wekiwa Springs listed first.
    • Lockhart
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • South Apopka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Apopka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Apopka
      • South Apopka is located in Orange County
    • Eatonville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Maitland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Apopka
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fairview Shores
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
    • Clarcona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fairvilla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Winter Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Heights
      • Paradise Heights is located in Orange County
    • Aloma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wekiwa Springs, with the one closest to Wekiwa Springs listed first.
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Celebration
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kissimmee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Campbell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
    • Intercession City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Reunion
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wekiwa Springs, with the one closest to Wekiwa Springs listed first.
    • Valdez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • Fort Florida
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
    • De Bary
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Enterprise
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deltona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange City Hills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
    • Orange City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Osteen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Lemon Bluff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
    • Cassadaga
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kalamazoo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Volusia County
    • Beresford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
      • Beresford is located in Volusia County

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

Newspapers Published in Wekiwa Springs ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wekiwa Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wekiwa Springs, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wekiwa Springs.

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 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 Wekiwa Springs:

Cemeteries Near Wekiwa Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wekiwa Springs.

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

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

  • Highland Memory Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Highland Memory Gardens has also been known as:
    • Highland Memorial Garden
    • Highland Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Memory Gardens
  • Edgewood - Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • Florida Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florida Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florida Memorial Park
  • Longwood Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longwood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longwood Memorial Gardens
  • Palm Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Cemetery
  • Glen Haven Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oaklawn Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Memorial Park
  • West Orange Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Orange Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Orange Memorial Gardens
  • Bay Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay Ridge Cemetery
  • Plymouth Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plymouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth Cemetery
  • Zellwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zellwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zellwood Cemetery
  • Continue List   (91 more) ...
    • Pinewood Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinewood Cemetery
    • Sanford Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanford Cemetery
    • Restlawn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Piedmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Orange County
  • Eatonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Maitland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Apopka
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Clarcona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ethel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Ethel is located in Lake County
  • Plymouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Winter Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • McDonald
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonald have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
    • McDonald is located in Orange County
  • Bay Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Ridge
    • Bay Ridge is located in Orange County
  • Goldenrod
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Zellwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Crown Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
      • Crown Point is located in Orange County
    • Ocoee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
      • Ocoee is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <2>
    • Orlando
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wekiwa Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Seminole County: www.seminolecountyfl.gov/

The official website for State of Florida: 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 '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- Wekiwa Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wekiwa Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6986, Longitude: -81.4256       In this case, the coordinates for Wekiwa Springs 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.
<5>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 Wekiwa Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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