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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Brewer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brewer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brewer, please Contact Us.

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 Brewer (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 Brewer. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Brewer is historic, it would have been located within present day Long 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 Long County: Liberty, McIntosh, Tattnall & Wayne.

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

  • Long County     (The home county of Brewer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Ludowici
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Donald
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Donald is located in Long County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • Appling County
    • Surrency
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Brantley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Popwellville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
    • Hortense
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Keller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Richmond Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Glynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Altamaha Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
    • Thalmann
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Thalmann is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
    • Groveside Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Walthourville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Allenhurst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
    • Gum Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
    • Pineview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Pineview is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
      • Estimated population in 2019: 489 people
    • Doe Run Estates
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Hinesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tupelo Trail
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
      • Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
    • Garden Acres
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Martin Woods
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
    • Screven Fork
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Fort Stewart
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flemington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Townsend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Credit Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Crescent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shellman Bluff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Valona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Darien
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Sapelo Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tattnall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Glennville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mendes is located in Tattnall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendes
      • Estimated population in 2019: 456 people
    • Midway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway is located in Tattnall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
    • Doctortown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Pendarvis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Jesup
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Madray Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
    • Odum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Screven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Brewer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brewer.

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

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

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

  • Sharp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Middleton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Strangers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Baggs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Citizens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Middleton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Walthourville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Barrett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bacon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Allenhurst Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (160 more) ...
    • Branson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cypress Slash Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinesville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.

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

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

  • Walthourville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Doctortown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
  • Gardi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gardi is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
  • Jesup
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gum Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • Hinesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McIntosh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • McIntosh is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
  • Riceboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Flemington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • South Newport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • South Newport is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
  • Taylors Creek ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Taylors Creek is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Creek
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dorchester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Dorchester is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Fleming
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Odum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Brewer ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brewer, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brewer.

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 Brewer:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Brewer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brewer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.