Welcome to Atkinson ...
Although we found mention of Atkinson during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Atkinson was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
While we are confident that Atkinson was located in Wayne County, we don't know its actual location within the county.
We've added Atkinson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Atkinson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Atkinson, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Atkinson might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Atkinson would be found within the (912) area code.
Communities Also Named Atkinson ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two Georgia communities named Atkinson: This one is located in Wayne County and the other is located in Brantley County.
Beyond Georgia, there are 16 communities that are also named Atkinson - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Utah and Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Atkinson.
Adding Atkinson to Our Gazetteer ...
Our notes show that the earliest dated mention that we've found for Atkinson was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.
We also found Atkinson in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Atkinson on our Genealogy Page.
Other Roadside Stops ...
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Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.ga.us/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Atkinson and then turned west". While Atkinson could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Atkinson as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Atkinson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |