Our Genealogy Helper
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 Bath (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 Bath. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Bath is located in Richmond County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richmond County: Burke, Columbia, Jefferson, McDuffie, Aiken (SC) & Edgefield (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Bath. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bath:
- Richmond County (The home county of Bath)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Blythe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hephzibah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- De Bruce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- De Bruce is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Bruce
- Estimated population in 2019: 25,696 people
- Gracewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pepperidge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pepperidge is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge
- Barton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
- Belair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belair is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
- Fleming Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
- Richmond Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
- Fairvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairvale is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
- Southgate Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Southgate Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
- Nixon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nixon is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Forest Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Keysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Saint Clair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Gough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Drone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Waynesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vidette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Thomas Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Rosier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Magruder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Munnerlyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Fort Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grovetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harlem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sawdust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Arrow Head
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Lamkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Evans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lulaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lulaville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
- Martinez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Memory Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Memory Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
- Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
- Maddox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maddox is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Snead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Snead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
- Glascock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Gibson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edge Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Noah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Matthews
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wrens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zebina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Wrens Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Stapleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Avera
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
- Stapletons Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- McDuffie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Dearing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Megahee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Boneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Mesena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Camak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cadley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Aiken County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Savanna Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
- North Augusta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Browns Hill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Browns Hill is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Hill
- Belvedere
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belvedere is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Kathwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kathwood is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathwood
- Clearwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnettown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnettown is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,769 people
- Cowden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cowden is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Langley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bush ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bush is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Edgefield County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Murphys Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
- Colliers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Clarks Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Modoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bath, see our County-by-County Page for Bath.
Cemeteries Near Bath ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bath.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bath - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bath covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Bath Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tarver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Saxon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Killebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rachels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Blythe Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Inglett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hephzibah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rober Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (392 more) ...
- Brothersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Steadman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bath had a population of 61 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bath, with the one closest to Bath listed first.
- Blythe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hephzibah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Berzelia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berzelia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berzelia
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Keysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grovetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gracewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Avondale is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Adventure ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adventure is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
- Belair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belair is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
- Harlem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Noah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Adams ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Wheless
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheless is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheless
- Sawdust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bath. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bath.
Newspapers Published in Bath ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bath.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bath, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bath.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bath:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Richmond County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Columbia County
- Glascock County
- Jefferson County
- McDuffie County
- Warren County
- Aiken County
- Edgefield County
- McCormick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bath) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |