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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 Bristol (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 Bristol. 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.

Bristol is located in Pierce 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 Pierce County: Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Ware & Wayne.

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

  • Pierce County     (The home county of Bristol)
  • Appling County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Surrency
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Phillipi
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Baxley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Bacon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Coffee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Alma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Guysie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • 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
  • Brantley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Hortense
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoboken
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Raybon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raybon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
      • Raybon is located in Brantley County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
    • Nahunta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Popwellville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popwellville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
    • Waynesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlton County
  • Coffee County
  • Jeff Davis County
    • Quinn ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jamestown
      • From Bristol to Jamestown
    • Waltertown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Sunnyside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Deenwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Waycross
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Winona Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerson Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Waresboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Talmo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruskin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Millwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County

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

Cemeteries Near Bristol ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bristol.

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

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

  • Bristol Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bristol Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bristol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bird Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bird Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bird Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ashley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tyre Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyre Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mershon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mershon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mershon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gethsemane Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mill Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mill Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mill Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Aspinwall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aspinwall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aspinwall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Martha Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martha Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martha Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ramah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jesus Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jesus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jesus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Offerman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Offerman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Offerman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (182 more) ...
    • New Home Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Home Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Foster Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foster Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Clay Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Hill 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.<5>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Bristol ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bristol.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bristol, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bristol.

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 websites either 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 Bristol:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bristol. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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>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.
<5>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 Bristol, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Bristol) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bristol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4486, Longitude: -82.2147    









 

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