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 Ferry Landing (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 Ferry Landing. 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.
Name Variations for Ferry Landing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ferry Landing: Ferry Lndg. (or less commonly used: Ferry Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Ferry Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ferry Landing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Ferry Landing is located in Charlton 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 Charlton County: Baker (FL), Nassau (FL), Brantley, Camden & Ware.
Below are the counties that are near Ferry Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ferry Landing:
- Charlton County (The home county of Ferry Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Traders Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Folkston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Homeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Mattox ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mattox is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
- Winokur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Winokur is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
- Saint George
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Hoboken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nahunta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Greenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Hazlehurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Tarboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Kingsland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodbine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- London Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- London Hill is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
- Scotchville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baker County (FL)
- Taylor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor is located in Baker County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Duval County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Biscayne Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Biscayne Village is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Village
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Boulogne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hilliard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dyal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Evergreen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Callahan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nassau Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nassau Village is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
- Yulee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bryceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ferry Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Ferry Landing.
Cemeteries Near Ferry Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ferry Landing.
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 Ferry Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ferry Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Traders Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bryant Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Road Cemetery
- The Bryant Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Traders Hill Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Phoebe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cornhouse Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pineview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sardis Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Folkston.
- The Sardis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sardis Church Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Homeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Neeley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Ferry Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ferry Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ferry Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Landing listed first.
- Traders Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Boulogne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Folkston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Uptonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Uptonville is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
- Hilliard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Racepond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Racepond is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
- Tompkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Evergreen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Callahan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Tarboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Italia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Italia is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
- Crandall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Saint Marys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ferry Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ferry Landing.
Newspapers Published in Ferry Landing ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ferry Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ferry Landing, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ferry Landing.
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 Ferry Landing:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Charlton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Camden County
- Baker County
- Duval County
- Nassau 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ferry Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Ferry Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |