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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 William Hambley Grant (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 William Hambley Grant. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

William Hambley Grant is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, Brooks (GA) & Thomas (GA).

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of William Hambley Grant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from William Hambley Grant, with the one closest to William Hambley Grant listed first.
    • Lamont
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Waukeenah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thomas City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Thomas City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas City
    • Wacissa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Aucilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
    • Monticello
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lloyd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from William Hambley Grant, with the one closest to William Hambley Grant listed first.
    • Capitola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Capitola is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Miccosukee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bradfordville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradfordville is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Tallahassee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Iamonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Iamonia is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iamonia
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from William Hambley Grant, with the one closest to William Hambley Grant listed first.
    • Greenville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hamburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Madison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from William Hambley Grant, with the one closest to William Hambley Grant listed first.
    • Shady Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Perry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Wakulla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from William Hambley Grant, with the one closest to William Hambley Grant listed first.
    • Saint Marks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Wakulla Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Brooks County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from William Hambley Grant, with the one closest to William Hambley Grant listed first.
    • Empress
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Empress is located in Brooks County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
    • Dixie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Thomas County (GA)
    • Boston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Boston is located in Thomas County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boston <1>

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

Cemeteries Near William Hambley Grant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of William Hambley Grant.

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 William Hambley Grant - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Anderson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Marille Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cooksey / Hornesby Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rocky Ford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bishop Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakfield Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Scruggs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (143 more) ...

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.<2>

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

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

  • Lamont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Waukeenah
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wacissa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Iddo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Iddo is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iddo
  • Aucilla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
  • Monticello
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lloyd
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Chaires
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Chaires is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaires
  • Waylonzo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Waylonzo is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylonzo
  • Miccosukee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Aucilla ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Aucilla is located in Thomas County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Newport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Newport is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Wakulla
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wakulla is located in Wakulla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla
    • Metcalf
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Metcalf is located in Thomas County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf

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

Newspapers Published in William Hambley Grant ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around William Hambley Grant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of William Hambley Grant, 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 William Hambley Grant.

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 William Hambley Grant:

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