Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Burketts Ferry, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Burketts Ferry:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Burketts Ferry.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Burketts Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jeff Davis County: Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs & Wheeler.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 133 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Burketts Ferry. Of these communities, 114 are located in counties other than Jeff Davis County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Burketts Ferry (which is Jeff Davis County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Burketts Ferry
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Jeff Davis County (where Burketts Ferry resides)
- County Website: https://jeffdaviscountyga.gov/
- County Seat for Jeff Davis: Hazlehurst
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Bingham ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bingham is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Ashleys Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashleys Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Kirkland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Lumber City Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
- Snipesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Snipesville is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Goldsmith ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsmith is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Roper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roper is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Paceville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paceville is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Hazlehurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brooker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooker is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tallahassee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tallahassee is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 3,185 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maysie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maysie is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Quinn ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
- Satilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Satilla is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Ellis ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ellis is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Orico ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orico is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Town Bluff Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Town Bluff Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Manns Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Manns Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
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- Appling County
- County Website: https://www.baxley.org/
- County Seat for Appling: Baxley
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Johnsonville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville is located in Appling County
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- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Appling County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Pine Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Appling County
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- Prentiss
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Prentiss is located in Appling County
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- Falling Rocks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Falling Rocks is located in Appling County
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- Phillipi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Phillipi is located in Appling County
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- Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
- Bassville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bassville is located in Appling County
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- Cook Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cook Heights is located in Appling County
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- Piney Bluff Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Piney Bluff Ferry is located in Appling County
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- Shady Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shady Acres is located in Appling County
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- Spring Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Spring Branch is located in Appling County
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- Baxley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
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- Weatherly Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Weatherly Park is located in Appling County
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- Pine Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Forest is located in Appling County
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- Holmesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Appling County
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- Wheaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wheaton is located in Appling County
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- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Appling County
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- McTier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McTier is located in Appling County
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- Bacon County
- County Website: https://baconcounty.org/
- County Seat for Bacon: Alma
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Guysie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Guysie is located in Bacon County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
- Sessoms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sessoms is located in Bacon County
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- Alma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham is located in Bacon County
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- Ben Hill County
- County Website: https://www.benhillcounty-ga.gov/
- County Seat for Ben Hill: Fitzgerald
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Red Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Ben Hill County
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- Ashton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton is located in Ben Hill County
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- Bowens Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bowens Mill is located in Ben Hill County
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- Queensland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Queensland is located in Ben Hill County
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- Lulaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lulaville is located in Ben Hill County
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- Coffee County
- County Website: https://www.coffeecounty-ga.gov/
- County Seat for Coffee: Douglas
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- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Relee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Relee is located in Coffee County
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- Lehigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lehigh is located in Coffee County
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- Pridgen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pridgen is located in Coffee County
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- Sapps Still
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sapps Still is located in Coffee County
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- West Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Broxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lotts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lotts is located in Coffee County
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- Huffer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Huffer is located in Coffee County
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- Cherokee Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Coffee County
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- Blystonel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blystonel is located in Coffee County
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- Chatterton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chatterton is located in Coffee County
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- Oak Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oak Park is located in Coffee County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
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- Saginaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Coffee County
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- Ambrose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bushnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bushnell is located in Coffee County
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- Douglas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nicholls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Upton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Upton is located in Coffee County
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- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Coffee County
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- Bay Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bay Meadows is located in Coffee County
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- Dodge County
- County Website: https://dodgecountyga.com/
- County Seat for Dodge: Eastman
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Achord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Achord is located in Dodge County
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- Cox ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cox is located in Dodge County
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- Poplar Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Hill is located in Dodge County
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- Jay Bird Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jay Bird Springs is located in Dodge County
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- Sigurd ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sigurd is located in Dodge County
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- Calvin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in Dodge County
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- Chauncey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McCranie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- McCranie is located in Dodge County
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- Ararat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat is located in Dodge County
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- Pitts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pitts is located in Dodge County
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- Rhine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Dodge County
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- Godwinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Godwinsville is located in Dodge County
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- Saunders
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saunders is located in Dodge County
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- Copeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Copeland is located in Dodge County
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- Irwin County
- County Website: https://irwincounty-ga.gov/
- County Seat for Irwin: Ocilla
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- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Wray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Osierfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osierfield is located in Irwin County
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- Holt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holt is located in Irwin County
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- Laurens County
- County Website: https://www.laurenscoga.org/
- County Seat for Laurens: Dublin
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- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Cedar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Laurens County
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- Westbrook ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook is located in Laurens County
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- Hatoff ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hatoff is located in Laurens County
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- Walkee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Walkee is located in Laurens County
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- Montgomery County
- County Website: https://www.montcoga.gov/
- County Seat for Montgomery: Mount Vernon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Charlotteville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotteville is located in Montgomery County
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- Uvalda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ailey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petross
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Petross is located in Montgomery County
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- McGregor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McGregor is located in Montgomery County
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- Higgston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Telfair County
- County Seat for Telfair: McRae - Helena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Lumber City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarpark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarpark is located in Telfair County
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- Towns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Towns is located in Telfair County
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- Workmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Workmore is located in Telfair County
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- Scotland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cobbville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cobbville is located in Telfair County
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- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McRae - Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McRae
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McRae is located in Telfair County
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- Helena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- China Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- China Hill is located in Telfair County
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- Lampkins Old Field Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Telfair County
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- Temperance
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Temperance is located in Telfair County
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- Toombs County
- County Website: https://toombscountyga.gov/
- County Seat for Toombs: Lyons
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- McNatt Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McNatt Falls is located in Toombs County
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- Grays Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grays Landing is located in Toombs County
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- Cedar Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
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- English Eddy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- English Eddy is located in Toombs County
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- Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
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- Toombs Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center is located in Toombs County
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- South Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Thompson is located in Toombs County
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- Johnson Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Corner is located in Toombs County
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- Charles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
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- Wheeler County
- County Website: https://www.wheelercounty.org/
- County Seat for Wheeler: Alamo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Spring Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Wheeler County
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- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Wheeler County
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- Avants
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avants is located in Wheeler County
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- Erick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Erick is located in Wheeler County
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- Alamo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Long Pond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Pond is located in Wheeler County
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- Stuckey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stuckey is located in Wheeler County
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- Glenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ochwalkee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ochwalkee is located in Wheeler County
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- Estimated population in 2019: 3,732 people
- Wilcox County
- County Website: https://wilcoxcounty.live-website.com/
- County Seat for Wilcox: Abbeville
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- Nearest Communities to Burketts Ferry ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burketts Ferry.
- Forest Glen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Glen is located in Wilcox County
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- Browning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Wilcox County
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Burketts Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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