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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 Whidden Corner (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 Whidden Corner. 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 Whidden Corner ...

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 Whidden Corner: Whidden Cor. (or less commonly used: Whidden Crn.)

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 and 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.

Whidden Corner is located in Hendry 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 Hendry County: Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Lee & Palm Beach.

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

  • Hendry County     (The home county of Whidden Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whidden Corner, with the one closest to Whidden Corner listed first.
    • Harlem
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Harlem is located in Hendry County
    • Clewiston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sears ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sears have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears
      • Sears is located in Hendry County
    • Port La Belle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port La Belle
      • Port La Belle is located in Hendry County
    • La Belle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Felda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glades County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whidden Corner, with the one closest to Whidden Corner listed first.
    • Moore Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lakeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hall City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall City
      • Hall City is located in Glades County
    • Palmdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckhead Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Ridge
      • Buckhead Ridge is located in Glades County
  • Highlands County
    • Venus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lee County
    • Charleston Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston Park
      • Charleston Park is located in Lee County
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whidden Corner, with the one closest to Whidden Corner listed first.
    • Lake Harbor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bean City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bean City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean City
      • Bean City is located in Palm Beach County
    • Chosen ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chosen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chosen
      • Chosen is located in Palm Beach County
    • South Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Belle Glade Camp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Glade Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Glade Camp
      • Belle Glade Camp is located in Palm Beach County
    • Belle Glade
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Fremd Village - Padgett Island
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Fremd Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremd Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremd Village
      • Fremd Village is located in Palm Beach County
    • Pahokee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Canal Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Bryant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Whidden Corner ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whidden Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whidden Corner, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whidden Corner.

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 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 Whidden Corner:

Cemeteries Near Whidden Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whidden Corner.

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 Whidden Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Ridgelawn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridgelawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridgelawn Cemetery
  • Ortona Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foreverglades Mausoleum Gardens
  • Ft. Denaud Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Denaud Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Denaud Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Hendry County: www.hendryfla.net/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Whidden Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whidden Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.7542, Longitude: -81.0820       In this case, the coordinates for Whidden Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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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