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Welcome to Dungeness ...

Dungeness is located in Camden County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dungeness, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Dungeness is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Dungeness lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Dungeness: 912 & 565<3>

Communities Also Named Dungeness ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dungeness - it's located in Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dungeness.

Communities near Dungeness ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dungeness.

  • Saint Marys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kingsland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fernandina Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Scotchville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Scotchville is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
  • London Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • London Hill is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
    • Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
  • Amelia City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Amelia City is located in Nassau County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia City
  • Yulee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrietts Bluff Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Woodbine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dungeness. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dungeness.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dungeness. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dungeness.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dungeness. See our Newspapers Page for Dungeness.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dungeness ...

Looking for more information about Dungeness? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dungeness, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dungeness.

Adding Dungeness to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dungeness in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dungeness was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dungeness post office opened in 1883. The Dungeness post office closed in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dungeness.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Camden, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dungeness - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 912 code has been Overlayed with the 565 area code. New phone numbers in the Dungeness area will be assigned with one of these codes: 912 or 565. As a result, placing a call in the Dungeness area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/