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Introduction ...

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

We've added Wethocouchy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wethocouchy, 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 Wethocouchy (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 Wethocouchy. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Wethocouchy is historic, it would have been located within present day Wakulla 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 Wakulla County: Franklin, Jefferson, Leon & Liberty.

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

  • Wakulla County     (The home county of Wethocouchy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wethocouchy, with the one closest to Wethocouchy listed first.
    • Sopchoppy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Crawfordville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Curtis Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Wakulla Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Panacea
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Marks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wethocouchy, with the one closest to Wethocouchy listed first.
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
    • Blountstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wethocouchy, with the one closest to Wethocouchy listed first.
    • Lanark Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Saint Teresa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Carrabelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wethocouchy, with the one closest to Wethocouchy listed first.
    • Midway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Greensboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Douglas City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
    • Quincy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Sycamore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Gretna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Havana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wethocouchy, with the one closest to Wethocouchy listed first.
    • Woodville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Tallahassee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wethocouchy, with the one closest to Wethocouchy listed first.
    • Telogia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hosford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Central City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Bristol
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Estiffanulga
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
    • Sumatra
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis

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

Cemeteries Near Wethocouchy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wethocouchy.

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

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McNair Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Burnoff Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sanborn McKenzie Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grimes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • West Sopchoppy Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kent Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Arran Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (72 more) ...
    • Nixon Garden Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pelt Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ft. Braden Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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.

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

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

  • Smith Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
  • Bloxham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bloxham is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloxham
  • Sopchoppy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Holland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Holland is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Curtis Mill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
  • Crawfordville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wetumpka
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Wetumpka is located in Gadsden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetumpka
  • Orange
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Orange is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Midway
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bristol
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Estiffanulga
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
  • Lewis
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Saint Teresa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sycamore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Wakulla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Wakulla is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla

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

Newspapers Published in Wethocouchy ...

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 Wethocouchy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wethocouchy, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wethocouchy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Wethocouchy:

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 Wethocouchy, 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>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- Wethocouchy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.