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 Bridges Crossroad (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 Bridges Crossroad. 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.
Name Variations for Bridges Crossroad ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Bridges Crossroad: Bridges Xrd.
- While the name of this community is Bridges Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bridges Crossroad may originally have been Bridge's Crossroad.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bridges Crossroad might be written as Bridge Crossroad.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Bridges Crossroad is located in Terrell 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 Terrell County: Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Sumter & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Bridges Crossroad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bridges Crossroad:
- Terrell County (The home county of Bridges Crossroad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Sasser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bronwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Herod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herod is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
- Olivers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
- Yeomans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yeomans is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
- Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
- Clarks Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
- Parrott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Holt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Holt is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Leary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Edison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crisp County
- Milldale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Milldale is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
- Dougherty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Dawson Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,246 people
- Lake Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,207 people
- Relswood Terrace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Relswood Terrace is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relswood Terrace
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,079 people
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eugemar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eugemar is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugemar
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,367 people
- Hinds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hinds is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,273 people
- West Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Town is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town
- East Towne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Towne is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Towne
- Colonial Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Place is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Place
- Colonial Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Elon Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elon Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon Village
- Turner City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Turner City is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner City
- Eleanor Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eleanor Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor Village
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Philema
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Philema is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philema
- Chokee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chokee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- De Witt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- De Witt is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 154 people
- Baconton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Shellman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brooksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brooksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
- Wades
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wades is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
- Cuthbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Schley County
- La Crosse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Sumter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Thalean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Thalean is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
- Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leslie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Americus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Leveretts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Weston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Worth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Oakfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Warwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Dougherty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Dougherty is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dougherty
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,398 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bridges Crossroad, see our County-by-County Page for Bridges Crossroad.
Cemeteries Near Bridges Crossroad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bridges Crossroad.
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 Bridges Crossroad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bridges Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greater Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Huckby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chickasawhatchee Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chickasawhatchee Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chickasawhatchee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Chickasawhatchee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Bridges Crossroad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bridges Crossroad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bridges Crossroad, with the one closest to Bridges Crossroad listed first.
- Sasser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bronwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Armena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armena is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armena
- Cottondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottondale is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Parrott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sumter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Shellman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Folks ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Folks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folks
- Maddox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Maddox is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Leveretts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bridges Crossroad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bridges Crossroad.
Newspapers Published in Bridges Crossroad ...
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 Bridges Crossroad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bridges Crossroad, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bridges Crossroad.
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 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 Bridges Crossroad:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Terrell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baker County
- Calhoun County
- Crisp County
- Dougherty County
- Lee County
- Mitchell County
- Randolph County
- Schley County
- Stewart County
- Sumter County
- Webster County
- Worth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bridges Crossroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Bridges Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |