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Our Genealogy Helper

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 White Oak Landing (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 White Oak Landing. 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 White Oak Landing ...

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 occur.

Another variation: Whiteoak Landing.

  • A typical abbreviation for White Oak Landing: White Oak Lndg. (or less commonly used: White Oak Lndng.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named White Oak Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for White Oak Landing.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

White Oak Landing is located in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon & Wakulla.

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

  • Liberty County     (The home county of White Oak Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Oak Landing, with the one closest to White Oak Landing listed first.
    • Lewis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Sumatra
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Central City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Estiffanulga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
    • Bristol
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Telogia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hosford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Oak Landing, with the one closest to White Oak Landing listed first.
    • Mexico Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Youngstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Callaway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Parker
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Parker is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,109 people
    • Bay Harbor ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bay Harbor is located in Bay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Harbor
    • Springfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Oak Landing, with the one closest to White Oak Landing listed first.
    • Marysville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Kinard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
    • Blountstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chipola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Oak Landing, with the one closest to White Oak Landing listed first.
    • Bay City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bay City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Apalachicola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Eastpoint
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gulf County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Oak Landing, with the one closest to White Oak Landing listed first.
    • Wewahitchka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wetappo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Wetappo is located in Gulf County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetappo
    • White City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Gulf County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Port Saint Joe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near White Oak Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Oak Landing.

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 White Oak Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Roberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jehu Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Robertson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamsburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Orange Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Humility Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Kemp Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Wetappo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Brown & Smith Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nixon Garden Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Woods Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • McClellan Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Farmdale Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Barfield Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Old Saint Joseph Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Wewahitchka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lewis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Orange
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Marysville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Estiffanulga
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
  • Abe Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Abe Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abe Springs
  • Bristol
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Blountstown
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Apalachicola
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Smith Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Creek
  • Chipola
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola

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

Newspapers Published in White Oak Landing ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Oak Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Oak Landing, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Oak Landing.

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 either 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 White Oak Landing:

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>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- White Oak Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 White Oak Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.