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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 Browning (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 Browning. 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 and 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.

Browning is located in Wilcox 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 Wilcox County: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair & Turner.

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

  • Wilcox County     (The home county of Browning)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Abbeville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Owensboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Rochelle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Pitts
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pineview
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Seville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Abba
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Ambrose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Broxton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • McKenzie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Lamb Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • Arabi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Cordele
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Rhine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Plainfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Empire
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Arp
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mystic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ocilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Wray
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Finleyson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
    • Hawkinsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Telfair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Milan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Helena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • McRae - Helena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • McRae
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • McRae is located in Telfair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
    • Scotland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Tift County
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Browning, with the one closest to Browning listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashburn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sycamore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Browning ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browning.

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

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

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

  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Reid Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • McCall Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Reid Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Tomberlin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Reid Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bowell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (291 more) ...
    • Barney #1 Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney #1 Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Barney #1 Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Rhine.
      • The Barney #1 Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Reaves - Bates Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203415 <3>
    • Keen Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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 Browning in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browning.

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

  • Sibbie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
  • Abbeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Copeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Copeland is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Rhine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Temperance
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Temperance is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
  • China Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • China Hill is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
  • Rochelle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Abba
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Milan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pitts
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cobbville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cobbville is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
  • Chauncey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Godwinsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Godwinsville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godwinsville
    • Jacksonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Amoskeag ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Amoskeag is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoskeag

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

Newspapers Published in Browning ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browning.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browning, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browning.

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 Browning:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Browning) 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 Browning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.