Welcome to Hurricane Shoals ...

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

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

Hurricane Shoals would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hurricane Shoals, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1829.

A typical abbreviation for Hurricane Shoals: Hurricane Shls.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hurricane Shoals is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Hurricane Shoals would have been located in the (706) & (762)<5> area codes.

Websites for Hurricane Shoals ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.jacksoncountyga.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hurricane Shoals, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Hurricane Shoals ...

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

• Gainesville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Gainesville is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,213 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesville <6>
• Gainesville Mills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
  • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
• Winder
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder
  • Winder is located in Barrow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winder <6>
• Braselton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braselton
  • Braselton is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,725 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Braselton <6>
• Jefferson
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
  • Jefferson is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson <6>
• Commerce
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
  • Commerce is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,328 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce <6>
• Oakwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
  • Oakwood is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,305 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakwood <6>
• Cleveland Station
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
  • Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
• Blackshear Place
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackshear Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
  • Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
• Baldwin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
  • Baldwin is located in Habersham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin <6>

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 Hurricane Shoals. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hurricane Shoals.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hurricane Shoals. 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 Hurricane Shoals.

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

Adding Hurricane Shoals to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hurricane Shoals 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 Hurricane Shoals was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Hurricane Shoals post office opened in 1829.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurricane Shoals.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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