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 Durham Town (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 Durham Town. 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 northwest 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 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.
Durham Town is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam & Taliaferro.
Below are the counties that are near Durham Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Durham Town:
- Greene County (The home county of Durham Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Jacksonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Daniel Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Union Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Siloam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greensboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Swaggy Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Winterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Gum Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Sparta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Colbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Comer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hull
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- McDuffie County
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Buckhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Smyrna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bostwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Braswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bishop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Watkinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spartan Lane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- North High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eastville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Maxeys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crawford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palmetto
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Arnoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Oconee Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
- Eatonton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Carters Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Crawfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Barnett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnett is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Cadley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Norwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Camak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mesena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Tyrone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Lundberg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tignall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Durham Town, see our County-by-County Page for Durham Town.
Cemeteries Near Durham Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Durham Town.
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 Durham Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Durham Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Fluker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tuggle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Absalom Janes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bowles - Durham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greene Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tuggle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beasley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wisteria Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (486 more) ...
- Reynolds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- L H Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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>
While we didn't find Durham Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Durham Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Durham Town, with the one closest to Durham Town listed first.
- Union Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Robinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Philomath
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Philomath is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philomath
- Bairdstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bairdstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Lyneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lyneville is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyneville
- Penfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Penfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Siloam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tyrone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Greensboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crawfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lina ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lina is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lina
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Maxeys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Veazey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Veazey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Durham Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Durham Town.
Newspapers Published in Durham Town ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Durham Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Durham Town, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Durham Town.
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 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 Durham Town:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Hancock County
- Madison County
- McDuffie County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Taliaferro County
- Warren County
- Wilkes 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 Durham Town, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Durham Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |