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 Durdenville (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 Durdenville. 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 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.
Durdenville is located in Emanuel 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 Emanuel County: Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs & Treutlen.
Below are the counties that are near Durdenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Durdenville:
- Emanuel County (The home county of Durdenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Twin City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swainsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nunez
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Oak Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Norristown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blundale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Colemans Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Bulloch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Aaron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Portal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Register
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Statesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clito
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clito is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clito
- Eagle Court
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
- Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
- Olde Towne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olde Towne is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Towne
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Midville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Magruder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Rosier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Candler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Canoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Canoe is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
- Metter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Bellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hagan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Wadley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Bartow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Thrift
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Emmalane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Scarboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Millen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Kite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Laurens County
- Rockledge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Tarrytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Higgston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Screven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Rocky Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Cooperville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cooperville is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cameron is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
- Zeigler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zeigler is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Tattnall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Cobbtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Former name for Cobbtown:
- Cobb Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <1>
- Collins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Manassas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Toombs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ohoopee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
- Charles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Vidalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Claus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Treutlen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Gillis Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gillis Springs is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis Springs
- Soperton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Durdenville, see our County-by-County Page for Durdenville.
Cemeteries Near Durdenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Durdenville.
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 Durdenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Durdenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Beulah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lanier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Shady Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Canoochee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cowart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Twin City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roundtree Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Twin City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City Cemetery
- The Twin City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Whetsell Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Oliff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stillmore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dekle 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.<2>
While we didn't find Durdenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Durdenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Durdenville, with the one closest to Durdenville listed first.
- Stillmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swainsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nunez
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canoochee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Canoochee is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoochee
- Modoc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Covena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Covena is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covena
- Summertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Midville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jimps
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jimps is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimps
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pinetucky ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pinetucky is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetucky
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blitch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Blitch is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Durdenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Durdenville.
Newspapers Published in Durdenville ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Durdenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Durdenville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Durdenville.
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 helpful 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 Durdenville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Emanuel County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bulloch County
- Burke County
- Candler County
- Evans County
- Jefferson County
- Jenkins County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- Montgomery County
- Screven County
- Tattnall County
- Toombs County
- Treutlen 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> | 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 Durdenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Durdenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |