Welcome to Birdford ...

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

We've added Birdford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Birdford, please Contact Us.

Birdford would have been located within present day Tattnall County<2>.

The location of Birdford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Birdford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Birdford is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Birdford was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Birdford still existed, it would have been in the (912) area code.

Communities near Birdford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Birdford.

• Hinesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinesville
  • Hinesville is located in Liberty County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,085 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinesville <5>
• Statesborough
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesborough have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
  • Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
• Glennville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glennville
  • Glennville is located in Tattnall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glennville <5>
• Pembroke
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pembroke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
  • Pembroke is located in Bryan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,683 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembroke <5>
• Reidsville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reidsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
  • Reidsville is located in Tattnall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reidsville <5>
• Donald
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Donald is located in Long County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
• Claxton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
  • Claxton is located in Evans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,216 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claxton <5>
• Hagan
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan
  • Hagan is located in Evans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagan <5>
• Midway
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Midway is located in Tattnall County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
• Collins
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
  • Collins is located in Tattnall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collins <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Birdford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Birdford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Birdford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birdford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Birdford. See our Newspapers Page for Birdford.

Adding Birdford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Birdford in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Birdford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Birdford post office opened in 1880.

We also found Birdford on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Birdford.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tattnall County: www.tattnall.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/