North FL · Circuit 8

Gilchrist County probate help.

We serve Gilchrist County (including Trenton, Bell, Fanning Springs) under the 8th Judicial Circuit, with the county seat in Trenton. Probate, estate planning, and trust administration — all on flat fees, all remote-friendly.

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Gilchrist is a small rural county (~18,000 people) west of Gainesville along the Suwannee River. 8th Judicial Circuit. Trenton is the seat.

— A probate attorney near you

Looking for a probate or estate planning attorney near you in Gilchrist County?

We serve all of Gilchrist County — Trenton, Bell, Fanning Springs — with flat-fee probate, estate planning, wills, and trusts. Most of it happens by phone, email, and e-signature, so “near me” really means wherever you are in Gilchrist County.New-client intake is closed until late October 2026; the Gilchrist County filing details on this page stay free to use.

— At a glance

Where you'll go. What you'll need.

The courthouse

Gilchrist County Courthouse

Address112 S Main St, Trenton, FL 32693Phone(352) 463-3170HoursMonday–Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Probate at the Trenton courthouse. Single-building county operations. E-filing via myflcourtaccess.com.

Clerk's website ↗E-file portal ↗

Death certificates

FL Department of Health in Gilchrist · Vital Statistics

Address119 NE 1st St, Trenton, FL 32693Phone(352) 463-3120HoursMonday–Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Cost · Local DOH fees vary — call ahead. Order 8–12 certified copies for an estate.

Order 8–12 certified copies — banks, title companies, the IRS, and the court each need their own. Ordering more upfront saves trips back later.

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— Local notes

Probate in Gilchrist County, as we see it.

Gilchrist is one of Florida's youngest counties (created 1925, split from Alachua) — and the comparatively concentrated, clean recordkeeping reflects that. Probate, courthouse, clerk, and PA all share the same Main Street courthouse in Trenton — small-town efficiency.

Heavy dairy, beef, and row-crop agriculture drives most parcel valuations through the Greenbelt (ag classification) framework. Suwannee and Santa Fe River springs frontage means riverfront homestead and submerged-lands questions come up regularly.

— What's different about probate here

Local quirks worth knowing.

8th Judicial Circuit. Shared with Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Levy, Union.
Compact single-courthouse county. Clerk, PA, courthouse all in one Main Street building.
Heavy agriculture. Dairy, beef, row crops — Greenbelt classification drives valuations.
Suwannee/Santa Fe River springs frontage. Riverfront homestead and submerged-lands questions are routine.
No in-county hospital. Lake Butler (Union) and UF Health Shands (Gainesville) handle local medical records.

— Cities & neighborhoods