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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 Copeland (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 Copeland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Copeland is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Bleckley, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler & Wilcox.

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

  • Dodge County     (The home county of Copeland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Rhine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chauncey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Plainfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Empire
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Bryant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bryant is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Yonkers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Yonkers is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Chester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Abba
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bleckley County
    • Cochran
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Coffee County
    • Ambrose
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • McKenzie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Lamb Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Arp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Mystic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ocilla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Wray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jeff Davis County
    • Kirkland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Cadwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Rentz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Finleyson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
    • Hawkinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Telfair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Milan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Helena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jacksonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • McRae - Helena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • McRae
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • McRae is located in Telfair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
    • Scotland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Turner County
    • Rebecca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler County
    • Alamo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alamo is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamo <1>
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Copeland, with the one closest to Copeland listed first.
    • Abbeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Owensboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Rochelle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pineview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pitts
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Seville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Copeland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Copeland.

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

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

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

  • Barney #1 Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Barney #2 Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Wilcox Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rhine City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine City Cemetery
    • The Rhine City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bay Springs Cemetery
  • Old Fair Haven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Reid Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stubbs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stubbs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Abbeville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37221 <3>
  • Bowell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Reid Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...
    • McCall Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Brown Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mitchell 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Copeland had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Rhine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Abbeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Temperance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Temperance is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
  • Sibbie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
  • Milan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Chauncey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Godwinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Godwinsville is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godwinsville
  • Rochelle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • China Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • China Hill is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
  • Amoskeag ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Amoskeag is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoskeag
  • Cobbville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Cobbville is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
  • Cox ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cox is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Eastman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Abba
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Dempsey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Dempsey is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey

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

Newspapers Published in Copeland ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Copeland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Copeland, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Copeland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Copeland:

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 '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- Copeland) 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 Copeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.