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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 Bedgood (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 Bedgood. 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.

Bedgood is located in Crisp 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 Crisp County: Dooly, Lee, Sumter, Turner, Wilcox & Worth.

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

  • Crisp County     (The home county of Bedgood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Arabi
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McKenzie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Cordele
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
    • Lamb Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Abba
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Vienna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lilly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinehurst
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Byromville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Unadilla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Dooling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Dougherty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Turner City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Turner City is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner City
    • Eleanor Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Eleanor Village is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor Village
    • Tompkins Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tompkins Village is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Village
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Arp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Mystic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Philema
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Philema is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philema
    • Chokee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
    • Leesburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Pulaski County
    • Finleyson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Cobb
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • De Soto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Leslie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Chula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ty Ty
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Abac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Phillipsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Unionville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Tifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Ashburn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Rebecca
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hobby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
    • Sycamore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Seville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pitts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Owensboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Rochelle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pineview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Abbeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bedgood, with the one closest to Bedgood listed first.
    • Cuffietown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
    • Warwick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Oakfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Poulan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sumner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sylvester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • East Dougherty
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Dougherty is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dougherty
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,398 people
    • Alfords
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Alfords is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfords

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

Cemeteries Near Bedgood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bedgood.

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 Bedgood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jackson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Arabi - Antioch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Musselwhite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Green Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pate Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (239 more) ...
    • Oklahoma Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Story - Odum Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Mount Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Bedgood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bedgood.

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

  • Arabi
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cordele
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Seville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pitts
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Warwick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Richwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Richwood is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Doles
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Doles is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles
  • Rochelle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Tippettville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Tippettville is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippettville
  • Cobb
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Abba
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Chokee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
    • Findlay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Findlay is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay
    • Isabella
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Isabella is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella

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

Newspapers Published in Bedgood ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bedgood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bedgood, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bedgood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Bedgood:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bedgood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bedgood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.