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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 Dames Ferry (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 Dames Ferry. 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 Dames Ferry ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Dames Ferry: Dames Fry. (or less commonly used: Dames Frry.)
- While the name of this community is Dames Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dames Ferry may originally have been Dame's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dames Ferry might be written as Dames Ferry.
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 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.
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.
Dames Ferry is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones & Lamar.
Below are the counties that are near Dames Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dames Ferry:
- Monroe County (The home county of Dames Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Juliette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smarr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Forsyth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Box Ankle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Russellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Culloden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Coopers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Meriwether
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Hardwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- The Colony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Payne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Cross Keys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Bloomfield Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Lizella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Macon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Vinson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- West Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Wheeler Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Rutland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Flovilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fincherville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Musella
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Elberta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Warner Robins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Calvin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Shady Dale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Wayside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Round Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Bradley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Belvedere Manor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Pitts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Fortville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Ethridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Goggins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Barnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Aldora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Milner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Echeconnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Taylors Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Resseaus Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Dennis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Hallwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Eatonton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spalding County
- Orchard Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Dry Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huber
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- The Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Brooks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ivey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dames Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Dames Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Dames Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dames Ferry.
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 Dames Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dames Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Holland B Speller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Peter Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Loyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Damascus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flewellen-Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newby - Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gorden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (382 more) ...
- Greater Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webb - Roquemore Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the east of Forsyth.
- McKay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dames Ferry had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dames Ferry, with the one closest to Dames Ferry listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plentitude ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plentitude is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentitude
- Lorane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lorane is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Wayside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Juliette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Round Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Bradley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Maynard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maynard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Morton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gladesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gladesville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cabaniss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
- Forsyth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dames Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dames Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Dames Ferry ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dames Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dames Ferry, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dames Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Dames Ferry:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bibb County
- Butts County
- Crawford County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Peach County
- Putnam County
- Spalding County
- Twiggs County
- Upson County
- Wilkinson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dames Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Dames Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |