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 Canoe (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 Canoe. 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.
Canoe is located in Candler 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 Candler County: Bulloch, Emanuel, Evans, Tattnall & Toombs.
Below are the counties that are near Canoe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canoe:
- Candler County (The home county of Canoe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Metter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bulloch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Aaron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Portal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Register
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Statesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eagle Court
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
- Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
- Olde Towne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Olde Towne is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Towne
- Clito
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clito is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clito
- Brooklet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Statesborough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
- Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
- Leefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Leefield is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leefield
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Midville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Stillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twin City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nunez
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Swainsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Norristown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blundale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Colemans Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Evans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Bellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hagan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Thrift
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Emmalane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Scarboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Millen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Adrian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Higgston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Tarrytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Petross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petross is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petross
- Ailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Screven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Rocky Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cameron is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
- Cooperville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperville is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Tattnall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Cobbtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Former name for Cobbtown:
- Cobb Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <1>
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manassas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Reidsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mendes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mendes is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendes
- Estimated population in 2019: 456 people
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
- Toombs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Ohoopee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
- Lyons
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Claus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Charles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Vidalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Toombs Central
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toombs Central
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Treutlen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Gillis Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gillis Springs is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis Springs
- Soperton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Canoe, see our County-by-County Page for Canoe.
Cemeteries Near Canoe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canoe.
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 Canoe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Canoe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Byrd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dekle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cowart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stillmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oliff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Lanier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edenfield - Slater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dixon Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Canoe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Canoe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Canoe, with the one closest to Canoe listed first.
- Stillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nunez
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Swainsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jimps
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jimps is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimps
- Canoochee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Canoochee is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoochee
- Covena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Covena is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covena
- Manassas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Modoc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Vidalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enal ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Enal is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enal
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Higgston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Reidsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Summertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Canoe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canoe.
Newspapers Published in Canoe ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canoe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canoe, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canoe.
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 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 Canoe:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Candler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bulloch County
- Burke County
- Emanuel County
- Evans County
- Jenkins County
- Johnson County
- Montgomery County
- Screven County
- Tattnall County
- Toombs County
- Treutlen County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | 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 Canoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Canoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |