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Introduction ...

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 Millwood (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 Millwood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Millwood is located in Ware County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ware County: Baker (FL), Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee & Pierce.

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

  • Ware County     (The home county of Millwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Talmo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
    • Waresboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Manor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
      • Manor is located in Ware County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <1>
    • Ruskin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruskin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Waltertown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown
    • Deenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
    • Emerson Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
    • Jamestown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
    • Winona Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
    • Sunnyside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
    • Waycross
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Axson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pearson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Leliaton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leliaton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
    • Willacoochee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willacoochee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willacoochee
      • Willacoochee is located in Atkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willacoochee <1>
  • Bacon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Guysie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guysie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
    • Alma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Bacon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Coffee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
      • Coffee is located in Bacon County
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
    • Argyle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Homerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Du Pont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chauncey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Nicholls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Douglas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Oak Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • West Green
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Green
      • West Green is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Green <1>
    • Broxton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ambrose
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Lakeland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Lakeland is located in Lanier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeland <1>
    • Stockton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millwood, with the one closest to Millwood listed first.
    • Blackshear
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Mershon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bristol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Millwood ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millwood.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Millwood. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Millwood and those printed in the larger area surrounding Millwood.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Millwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites 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 Millwood:

Cemeteries Near Millwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millwood.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Bennett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
  • Walden Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walden Cemetery
  • Utah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Utah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Utah Cemetery
  • White Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
  • Axson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Chauncey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chauncey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chauncey Cemetery
  • Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Waresboro.
    • The Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Telmore Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188939 <4>
  • Red Bluff Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Kight Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kight Cemetery
  • Roxie Mae Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roxie Mae Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roxie Mae Cemetery
  • Waresboro Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waresboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waresboro Cemetery
  • Teston Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teston Cemetery
  • Continue List   (167 more) ...
    • Davis Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Bagley Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bagley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bagley Cemetery
    • Tanner Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tanner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tanner Cemetery

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Millwood had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Bickley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bickley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
  • Waresboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Manor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Manor is located in Ware County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <1>
  • Glenmore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
  • Needham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Needham is located in Ware County
  • Waltertown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown
  • Beach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Beach is located in Ware County
  • Homerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Nicholls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Waycross
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Douglas
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Du Pont
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Blackshear
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Braganza
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braganza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braganza
      • Braganza is located in Ware County
    • Broxton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Millwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ware County: www.warecounty.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2658, Longitude: -82.6605    
<4>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.
<5>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 Millwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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