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Introduction ...

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

We've added Dunham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dunham, 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 Dunham (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 Dunham. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Dunham is historic, it would have been located within present day Liberty 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 Liberty County: Bryan, Evans, Long, McIntosh & Tattnall.

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

  • Liberty County     (The home county of Dunham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunham, with the one closest to Dunham listed first.
    • Sunbury
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Riceboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Midway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Screven Fork
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Fleming
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Flemington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Doe Run Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Garden Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Tupelo Trail
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
      • Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
    • Allenhurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
    • Hinesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunham, with the one closest to Dunham listed first.
    • Keller
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Fort McAllister
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
    • Richmond Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ellabell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunham, with the one closest to Dunham listed first.
    • Coffee Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
    • Georgetown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ogeechee Farms
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Ogeechee Farms is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee Farms
    • Montgomery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Montgomery is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,719 people
    • Nicholsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
    • Vernonburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Vernonburg is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernonburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Skidaway Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
    • Grubbs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Grubbs is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
    • Isle of Hope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
    • Abercorn Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
    • Bona Bella
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bona Bella is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
    • Liberty City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty City is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
  • Effingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunham, with the one closest to Dunham listed first.
    • Meldrim
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Eden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Glynn County
    • Altamaha Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
  • Long County
    • Ludowici
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunham, with the one closest to Dunham listed first.
    • Shellman Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Crescent
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Valona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Credit Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Townsend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Meridian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Sapelo Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Darien
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Dunham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunham.

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

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

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

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 Dunham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunham.

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

  • Keller
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Keller is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
  • Dorchester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Riceboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • South Newport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • South Newport is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
  • Fleming
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McIntosh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • McIntosh is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
  • Burroughs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Burroughs is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
  • Flemington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hinesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Walthourville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Isle of Hope
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
  • Ridgeville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Taylors Creek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylors Creek is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Creek
    • Central Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Central Junction is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction

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

Newspapers Published in Dunham ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunham.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunham, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunham.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Dunham:

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