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 Cunningham Corner (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 Cunningham Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Cunningham Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cunningham Corner: Cunningham Cor. (or less commonly used: Cunningham Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cunningham Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cunningham Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Cunningham Corner is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Burke, Emanuel, Glascock, Johnson, McDuffie, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Cunningham Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cunningham Corner:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Cunningham Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Wadley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Bartow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stapletons Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Zebina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Wrens Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Omaha Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
- Matthews
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Noah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Avera
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bulloch County
- Aaron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Midville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Magruder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Rosier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Vidette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Drone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Gough
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Saint Clair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Munnerlyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Thomas Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Colemans Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Blundale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Summertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Swainsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norristown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nunez
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stillmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glascock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Edge Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Gibson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Thrift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Emmalane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Millen
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Perkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scarboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Kite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Adrian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Lovett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lovett is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
- Treutlen County
- Gillis Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gillis Springs is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis Springs
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Davisboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riddleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Harrison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tennille
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sandersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cunningham Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Cunningham Corner.
Cemeteries Near Cunningham Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cunningham Corner.
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 Cunningham Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cunningham Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Lambs Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bentley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenn Temple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Street Place Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Wadley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35037 <3>
- Corinth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McKinzie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colemans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plunkett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blounts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Blundale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cunningham Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cunningham Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cunningham Corner, with the one closest to Cunningham Corner listed first.
- Wadley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Pinetucky ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinetucky is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetucky
- Midville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bartow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rosier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Kite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Modoc
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Modoc is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Canoochee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canoochee is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoochee
- Pringle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pringle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Swainsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Drone
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Gough
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cunningham Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cunningham Corner.
Newspapers Published in Cunningham Corner ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cunningham Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cunningham Corner, 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 Cunningham Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Cunningham Corner:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bulloch County
- Burke County
- Emanuel County
- Glascock County
- Jenkins County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- Treutlen County
- Washington 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cunningham Corner) 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 Cunningham Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |