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Gilchrist County, Florida

34 topographic sheets cover 19 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

1 National Register listing published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States
Gilchrist County within Florida

What the record shows

  • 191 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 1 property here is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a district.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 19 populated places in this county; 19 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

1

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Cannon Farmdistrict201313000851

The county from the air

28 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 506 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-25, scale 1:32800
1951-03-25, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-25, scale 1:32800
1951-03-25, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-25, scale 1:32800
1951-03-25, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-25, scale 1:32800
1951-03-25, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

6 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

7 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 21-1Trenton city
  • 21-2Commissioner's District 1 - That part outside Trenton city
  • 21-3Commissioner's District 2
  • 21-4Commissioner's District 3: Bell town
  • 21-5Commissioner's District 3 - That part outside Bell town
  • 21-6Commissioner's District 4
  • 21-7Commissioner's District 5

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

775 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 775 of them, burning about 6,953 acres. 96 started naturally and 31 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance207
Debris and open burning190
Missing data/not specified/undetermined114
Natural96
Equipment and vehicle use70
Arson/incendiarism31
Recreation and ceremony19
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking9
Other causes6
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined930 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST/1032/TYLER
19 January 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 May 1999Railroad operations and maintenance267 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined256 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST/TYLER GRADE II FIRE/0434
19 February 1993Debris and open burning150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 February 1995Railroad operations and maintenance120 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2008Natural120 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST/1078/TRENTON
12 October 2008Natural105 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST/BAD ROAD/0666

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1966 to 2025

60 of 163 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 163 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 6 injuries and about $2,667,910 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind92
Hail28
Heavy Rain24
Funnel Cloud7
Tornado5
Wildfire2
Flash Flood2
Lightning2
Flood1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1983Tornado (F2)not stated4 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
December 1996Thunderstorm WindBell2 hurt, $12,000no account filed
March 2001Thunderstorm WindTrenton$30,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. A barn was blown down.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Trenton$20,000Tornado skipped through Trenton. It downed power lines and trees. Scattered power outages affected around 500 customers.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindBell$15,000Multiple barns were damaged and one was completely destroyed. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindBell$15,000Large trees were blown down. One tree damaged a car traveling on West 32nd Street.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindTyler$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a porch, ripped off shingles from the roof and significantly damaged a pecan tree about nine miles east-southeast of Trenton. An oak tree appeared twisted. The homeowner said that the damaged happened quickly. Property damage is an estimate.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLottieville$5,000Live oak trees were snapped about 25 ft above ground level. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTrenton$5,000Trees were blown down in Trenton. One was blown down on a car, and one was blown down on a house. The cost of damage was estimated.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindTrenton$5,000Several trees down in the Trenton, Fl. area. Tree down across road at at Southwest 85th Lane. A second tree down across the road at Southwest 40th Street.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindBell$5,000Roof Damage
November 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$5,000Several reports of trees and power lines down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindTrenton$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWilliford$2,000Large trees were blown down and there was some roof damage. The time of the damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWilliford$2,000Gilchrist County Fire Rescue reported storm damage along NW 72nd PL near Bell. A significant portion of a metal roof was peeled off an outdoor shelter. Two large trees also snapped at the trunk.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBlitchville$2,000A shed collapsed and a peanut trailer was damaged along the 8400 block of SW 35th Street. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,000Large trees down. SE 80th Ave.
May 1999HailTrenton$2,000Broke car windshield.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTrenton$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGNV Bell$2,000Winds downed trees and power lines.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBell$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBell$1,500Large trees were blown down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWilliford$1,000Gilchrist county 911 call center reported a tree was down at the intersection of ne 80th ave and ne 30th street. Time was estimated by radar.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindTrenton$1,000Strong winds below off a security camera at the Gilchrist County Sheriff Office. Cost of damage was estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindTrenton$800Large trees were blown.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindTyler$500Four large tree branches were broken. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for Storm Data.
March 2019HailTrenton$500Although the hail was small, large quantities produced large hail drifts that impacted transportation along State Road 26 and State Road 129 in Trenton. The cost of clearing was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindBell$500A tree was blown down near 6209 NW 50th Terrace. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWilcox$500Large trees and power lines blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBell$500Large trees were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTrenton$500Large trees were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTrenton$500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindBlitchville$100A tree was blown down near Southwest 50th Street and Highway 129, northwest of Trenton. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated so this event could be included in Storm Data.
June 2017FloodBell$10The roadway at U.S. Highway 129 and County Road 232 East was underwater. The is no known property damage, but a small dollar value was added so this report would be included in Storm Data.
March 2025Heavy RainWilliford-A Personal weather station Hutch house - KFLHIGHS67 measured storm total rainfall of | 5.49 inches. About 3 inches fell between | 1230 PM and 130 PM.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Several trees and branches were blown down between Trenton and Bell. The time of damage was based on radar data.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindWilliford-Numerous trees were blown down across the county. Most of the damage occurred between 1:30 pm and 2 pm local time.
August 2024Flash FloodTyler-State Road 26 was closed near the Gilchrist and Alachua county line due to widespread flooding.
August 2023Heavy RainTyler-The public about 6 miles WNW of Newberry measured 3.06 inches of rainfall between 2:40 pm and 4:53 pm local time.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBell-Trees and power lines were blown down across the NW portion of the county. The time of damage was based on radar data.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Trees and power lines were blown down across the SE portion of the county. The time of the report was based on radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTyler-Power lines were blown down at SE 80th Avenue and SE 80th Street.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBell-Power lines were blown down at County Road 340 and NW 55th Street.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTyler-At least 10 trees were blown down across roadways across the county.
June 2023Heavy RainTrenton-A public weather station measured 6.44 inches of rainfall since about 2:20 am. Surrounding sites also measured 6 inches of rainfall.
May 2023HailWilliford-Nickel size hail was observed.
August 2022Heavy RainBell-A public weather station near Hatchben (KFLBRANF17) measured 3.72 inches of rainfall from about 3:30 pm local time to 6:40 pm local time.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBell-Trees and power lines were blown down from thunderstorm winds about 3 miles north of Bell.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTrenton-Duke Energy reported thunderstorm wind damage to utility equipment due to fallen trees and/or large limbs along SE 11th Terrace. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2022Heavy RainWilliford-Heavy rain began around 8 pm and hit 3.5 inches at 9:20 pm. Rain was ongoing. Personal weather station: Gilchrist network - kflhighs25.
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Tyler-An EF0 touched down briefly NE of Trenton in Gilchrist county near the Gilchrist-Alachua county line where a barn fell onto a tractor. The tornado likely lifted as it the parent supercell tracked northeast toward the city of Alachua, in Alachua county. Here, the tornado touched down again and damaged a carport roof which was peeled back. Trees were also damaged and fell in this location, one of which fell onto a car. Peak winds were estimated at 81 mph.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindWilliford-Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
May 2020Heavy RainTyler-The WeatherStem Station at the Gilchrist County Fire Station 4 measured 3.38 inches of daily rainfall.

Mines and quarries

30 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 30 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 29 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken26
Iron2
Limestone, General2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gilchrist Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Townsend MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Nettles ProspectIronProspect
Philman - Philman's PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Trenton ProspectIronProspect
Mcphersons C L Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Robert's Carl Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Robert's Roy Field QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilcox LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

19

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.