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Introduction ...

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

We've added Yalaka to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yalaka, 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 Yalaka (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 Yalaka. 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 doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Yalaka is historic, it would have been located within present day Orange 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 Orange County: Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk & Seminole.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Yalaka)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yalaka, with the one closest to Yalaka listed first.
    • Lake Hart
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Lake Hart is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
    • Wedgefield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wedgefield is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgefield
    • Alafaya
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Bithlo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bithlo is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bithlo
    • Azalea Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Belle Isle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Isle is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Isle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,294 people
    • Conway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Conway is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Union Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Woods
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Meadow Woods is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Woods
    • Taft
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Taft is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Christmas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgewood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Castle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Brevard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yalaka, with the one closest to Yalaka listed first.
    • Port Saint John
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Port Saint John is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Saint John
    • Sharpes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Indian River City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian River City is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
    • Cocoa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cocoa is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cocoa <2>
    • Mims
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Titusville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockledge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Viera
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Aurantia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Aurantia is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurantia
    • Turnbull
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Turnbull is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
    • Merritt Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Angel City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Angel City is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
    • Georgiana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Georgiana is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiana
  • Lake County
    • Four Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Osceola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yalaka, with the one closest to Yalaka listed first.
    • Runnymede
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
    • Buena Ventura Lakes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Cloud
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kissimmee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Campbell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Campbell is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
    • Intercession City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Celebration
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Poinciana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Poinciana Place
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Poinciana Place is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Place
    • Reunion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • ChampionsGate
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • ChampionsGate is located in Osceola County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for ChampionsGate
  • Polk County
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yalaka, with the one closest to Yalaka listed first.
    • Chuluota
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Oviedo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <2>
    • Iowa City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Iowa City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Fern Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Casselberry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Altamonte Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Winter Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Longwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanlando Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanlando Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanlando Springs
    • Cameron City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cameron City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron City
    • Forest City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest City is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Wekiwa Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wekiwa Springs is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wekiwa Springs
  • Volusia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yalaka, with the one closest to Yalaka listed first.
    • Lemon Bluff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
    • Kalamazoo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kalamazoo is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
    • Osteen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Maytown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Maytown is located in Volusia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown

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

Cemeteries Near Yalaka ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yalaka.

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

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

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

  • Narcoossee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • East Lake Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Lake Cemetery is located in Kissimmee.
    • The East Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Boggy Creek Cemetery
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238544 <3>
  • Lock Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Barber Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Peace Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Taft Memorial Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Memorial Gardens
    • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1217063 <3>
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kissimmee.
    • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosehill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72538 <3>
  • Osceola Memory Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rouse Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Christmas Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Oak Ridge Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Howard Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pinewood Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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 Yalaka in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yalaka.

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

  • Narcoossee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Narcoossee is located in Osceola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcoossee
  • Runnymede
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Runnymede is located in Osceola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
  • Saint Cloud
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Conway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Conway is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
  • Pine Castle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kissimmee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Goldenrod
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orlando
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Winter Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maitland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Eatonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Gotha
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Windermere
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • City Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • City Point is located in Brevard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
    • Sharpes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Yalaka ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yalaka.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Yalaka:

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 Yalaka, 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>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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yalaka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.