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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Corinth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Corinth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Corinth, please Contact Us.

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 Corinth (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 Corinth. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Corinth is historic, it would have been located within present day Sumter 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 Sumter County: Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Marion, Schley, Terrell & Webster.

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

  • Sumter County     (The home county of Corinth)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • Cobb
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • De Soto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Leslie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Americus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Andersonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Former name for Andersonville:
      • Anderson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <2>
    • Sumter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sumter is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Thalean
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Thalean is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
    • Shiloh
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Concord
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Concord is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Plains
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
    • Cordele
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamb Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • McKenzie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Arabi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Lilly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Byromville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Vienna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dooling
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Pinehurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Unadilla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Houston County
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Chokee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
    • Smithville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Philema
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Philema is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philema
    • Leesburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Palmyra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Palmyra is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Montezuma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Oglethorpe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ideal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshallville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Putnam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Putnam is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
    • Draneville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Draneville is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
  • Pulaski County
    • Finleyson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Schley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • La Crosse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • La Crosse is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
    • Ellaville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Concord
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Concord is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Taylor County
  • Terrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Olivers Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
    • Bronwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sasser
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Yeomans
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Yeomans is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
    • Parrott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Webster County
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Seville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Pitts
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Pineview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corinth, with the one closest to Corinth listed first.
    • Warwick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oakfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cuffietown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people

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

Cemeteries Near Corinth ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corinth.

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

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

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

  • Friendship Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Collier Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Springhill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bay Point Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Leslie City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • DeSoto Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hepzibah Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Daniel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (199 more) ...
    • Bradley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Kelley Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Whitsett Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.

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

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

  • Lamar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamar is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
  • Drayton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Drayton is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drayton
  • Cobb
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Huntington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntington is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Parkers ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkers is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
  • Leslie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • De Soto
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Gatewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Gatewood is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
  • Chokee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Chokee is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
  • Americus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Byromville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Andersonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Former name for Andersonville:
    • Anderson
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <2>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Maddox
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Maddox is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
    • Richwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Richwood is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Vienna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Corinth ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corinth.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Corinth, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Corinth.

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 Corinth:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Corinth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Corinth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.