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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 Bickley (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 Bickley. 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 doctors 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.

Bickley 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 Bickley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bickley:

  • Ware County     (The home county of Bickley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Talmo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
    • Millwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Waltertown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Waresboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
    • Winona Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
    • Deenwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
    • Ruskin
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Sunnyside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Manor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • 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>
  • Appling County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Phillipi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
      • Phillipi is located in Appling County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
    • Graham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Graham is located in Appling County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Baxley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Axson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leliaton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leliaton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
    • Willacoochee
      (26 miles [41.8 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 Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Guysie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (12 miles [19.3 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
      (18 miles [29 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 Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
    • Argyle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Homerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Nicholls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oak Park
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Douglas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Green
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Mora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Broxton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ambrose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Irwin County
  • Jeff Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Denton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Quinn ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
      • Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
    • Kirkland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirkland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bickley, with the one closest to Bickley listed first.
    • Mershon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Blackshear
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bristol
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Patterson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Offerman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Bickley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bickley.

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 Bickley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bagley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bagley Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Moore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roxie Mae Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roxie Mae Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Davis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Teston Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teston Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery
    • 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]<4> to the southeast of Waresboro.
    • The Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Telmore Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188939 <5>
  • Hollis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cole Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chauncey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chauncey Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Sweat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweat Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Meeks Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meeks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meeks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (204 more) ...
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Utah Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Utah Cemetery
      • 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.
    • Bennett Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
      • 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.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bickley had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 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
  • Nicholls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Millwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Waresboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Waltertown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Douglas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Glenmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Waycross
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Manor
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Needham
    (20 miles [32.2 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
  • Blackshear
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Broxton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Homerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Patterson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Braganza
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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

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

Newspapers Published in Bickley ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bickley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bickley, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bickley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Bickley:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bickley. 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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- Bickley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bickley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4055, Longitude: -82.6029       In this case, the coordinates for Bickley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Bickley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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