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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 Winter Park (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 Winter Park. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Winter Park is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk & Seminole.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Winter Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Winter Park, with the one closest to Winter Park listed first.
    • Aloma
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Eatonville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Maitland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Goldenrod
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fairview Shores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Shores
      • Fairview Shores is located in Orange County
    • Azalea Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairvilla
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Orlando
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Conway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
      • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Lockhart
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Holden Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holden Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Heights
      • Holden Heights is located in Orange County
    • Pine Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Winter Park, with the one closest to Winter Park listed first.
    • Aurantia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurantia
      • Aurantia is located in Brevard County
    • Mims
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Scottsmoor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Winter Park, with the one closest to Winter Park listed first.
    • Mount Plymouth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Plymouth
      • Mount Plymouth is located in Lake County
    • Sorrento
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Montverde
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Cassia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassia
      • Cassia is located in Lake County
    • Waits Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waits Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
      • Waits Junction is located in Lake County
    • Lake Jem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Jem
      • Lake Jem is located in Lake County
    • Ferndale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Dora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Lakes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lakes
      • Pine Lakes is located in Lake County
    • Oakland Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
      • Oakland Park is located in Lake County
    • Minneola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Four Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Astatula
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Winter Park, with the one closest to Winter Park listed first.
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Kissimmee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Celebration
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Runnymede
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runnymede have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Campbell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
    • Saint Cloud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Intercession City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Reunion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • ChampionsGate
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
  • Polk County
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Winter Park, with the one closest to Winter Park listed first.
    • Fern Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Casselberry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Longwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Winter Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Forest City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wekiwa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
    • Oviedo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <1>
    • Lake Mary
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Heathrow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Iowa City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Seminole County
    • Cameron City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Winter Park, with the one closest to Winter Park listed first.
    • Valdez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
      • Valdez is located in Volusia County
    • Fort Florida
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Florida
      • Fort Florida is located in Volusia County
    • Lemon Bluff
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
    • De Bary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Enterprise
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Osteen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Deltona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Kalamazoo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Volusia County
    • Orange City Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City Hills
      • Orange City Hills is located in Volusia County
    • Orange City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Cassadaga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Maytown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
      • Maytown is located in Volusia County
    • Alamana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamana
      • Alamana is located in Volusia County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Winter Park ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winter Park.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Winter Park. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Winter Park and those printed in the larger area surrounding Winter Park.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of Winter Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Winter Park:

Cemeteries Near Winter Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winter Park.

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 Winter Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Pinewood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pinewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinewood Cemetery
  • Glen Haven Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Palm Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Cemetery
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
  • Rouse Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rouse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rouse Cemetery
  • Slavia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slavia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slavia Cemetery
  • Doctor Phillips Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doctor Phillips Cemetery
  • Longwood Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longwood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longwood Memorial Gardens
  • Woodlawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Memorial Park
  • Washington Park Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Park Cemetery
  • Highland Memory Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Continue List   (78 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Ridge Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Ridge Cemetery
    • Taft Memorial Gardens
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taft Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Taft.
      • The Taft Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
      • Taft Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taft Memorial Gardens
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1217063 <4>

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Winter Park had a population of 270 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Winter Park had a population of 30,667 people.

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

  • Maitland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Eatonville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Goldenrod
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Orlando
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Conway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Conway is located in Orange County
  • Piedmont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Orange County
  • Pine Castle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Clarcona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Minorville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minorville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorville
    • Minorville is located in Orange County
  • Gotha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ocoee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • 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 <1>
  • Windermere
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Apopka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Crown Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
      • Crown Point is located in Orange County
    • Plymouth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

The official website for Winter Park: www.ci.winter-park.fl.us/

The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyfl.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Winter Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winter Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6002, Longitude: -81.3380    
<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 Winter Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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