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 Flea Hill (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 Flea Hill. 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 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.
Flea Hill is located in Camden 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 Camden County: Nassau (FL), Brantley, Charlton & Glynn.
Below are the counties that are near Flea Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flea Hill:
- Camden County (The home county of Flea Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Hazlehurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
- Kingsland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- London Hill
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- Woodbine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Saint Marys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- White Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Nahunta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waynesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Charlton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Folkston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Homeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Traders Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Mattox ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mattox is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
- Winokur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winokur is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
- Saint George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glynn County
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Duval County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Biscayne Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Biscayne Village is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Village
- Garden City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Polly Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polly Town is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Town
- Magnolia Gardens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Hilliard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boulogne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dyal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Callahan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yulee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nassau Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nassau Village is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fernandina Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Amelia City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia City is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia City
- Bryceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flea Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Flea Hill.
Cemeteries Near Flea Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flea Hill.
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 Flea Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flea Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Haddock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mallets Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Haddock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brickyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Manning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Braddock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (95 more) ...
- Owens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brazell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sheffield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Flea Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flea Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flea Hill, with the one closest to Flea Hill listed first.
- Kings Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Hilliard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Tompkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Boulogne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Folkston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Traders Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Crandall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Italia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Italia is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
- Callahan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tarboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Uptonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Uptonville is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Saint Marys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Chester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chester is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flea Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flea Hill.
Newspapers Published in Flea Hill ...
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 Flea Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flea Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flea Hill.
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 Flea Hill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Camden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Charlton County
- Glynn 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> | 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. |
| <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 Flea Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flea Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |