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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 De Witt (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 De Witt. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

De Witt is located in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County: Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Thomas & Worth.

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

  • Mitchell County     (The home county of De Witt)
  • Baker County
  • Calhoun County
  • Colquitt County
  • Decatur County
    • Vada
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dougherty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Witt, with the one closest to De Witt listed first.
    • Putney
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Colonial Place
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Colonial Place is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Place
    • Pecan City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pecan City is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan City
    • Eleanor Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Eleanor Village is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor Village
    • Tompkins Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Tompkins Village is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Village
    • West Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • West Town is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town
    • Albany
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Colonial Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Colonial Village is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • East Towne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • East Towne is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Towne
    • Elon Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Elon Village is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon Village
    • Eugemar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Eugemar is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugemar
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,367 people
    • Hinds
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hinds is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
      • Estimated population in 2019: 33,273 people
    • Lake Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lake Park is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,207 people
  • Grady County
  • Lee County
  • Terrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Witt, with the one closest to De Witt listed first.
    • Sasser
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarks Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
    • Herod
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Herod is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
    • Dawson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Witt, with the one closest to De Witt listed first.
    • Meigs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hansell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hansell is located in Thomas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansell
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,534 people
  • Tift County
  • Turner County
    • Hobby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Witt, with the one closest to De Witt listed first.
    • Bridgeboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • East Dougherty
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • East Dougherty is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dougherty
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,398 people
    • Liberty Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Alfords
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Alfords is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfords
    • Anderson City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Anderson City is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson City
    • Sylvester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Poulan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sumner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Oakfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cuffietown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 De Witt, see our County-by-County Page for De Witt.

Cemeteries Near De Witt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Witt.

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 De Witt - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Davis Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Blue Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hard Up Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • China Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rocky Mount Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Bethel Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Floral Memory Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Carver Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (184 more) ...
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakview Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, De Witt had a post office and no railroad service. In 2010, De Witt had a population of 154 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in De Witt ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around De Witt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of De Witt, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for De Witt.

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 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 De Witt:

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 De Witt, 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- De Witt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.