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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 Fort Mudge (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 Fort Mudge. 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 Fort Mudge ...

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 Fort Mudge: Ft. Mudge

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fort Mudge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Mudge.

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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Fort Mudge is located in Brantley 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 Brantley County: Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce, Ware & Wayne.

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

  • Brantley County     (The home county of Fort Mudge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Mudge, with the one closest to Fort Mudge listed first.
    • Hoboken
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Nahunta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Raybon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Raybon is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
    • Hortense
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Waynesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Mudge, with the one closest to Fort Mudge listed first.
    • Tarboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
    • Hazlehurst
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
    • Jefferson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jefferson is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
    • Waverly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • White Oak
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenville is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
    • Woodbine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Charlton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Mudge, with the one closest to Fort Mudge listed first.
    • Winokur
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Winokur is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
    • Mattox ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mattox is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
    • Homeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Homeland is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
    • Folkston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Traders Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
    • Woodstock ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodstock is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
      • Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
  • Clinch County
    • Argyle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Mudge, with the one closest to Fort Mudge listed first.
    • Blackshear
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Patterson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Offerman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bristol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Mershon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Mudge, with the one closest to Fort Mudge listed first.
    • Waycross
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Emerson Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
    • Sunnyside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Deenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
    • Winona Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
    • Ruskin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Jamestown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Waltertown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown
    • Waresboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Manor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Talmo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
  • Wayne County
    • Screven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Nassau County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Mudge, with the one closest to Fort Mudge listed first.
    • Boulogne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilliard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Mudge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Mudge.

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 Fort Mudge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Thift Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Thrift Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Enon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazzard Hill Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Carter Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Fort Mudge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fort Mudge.

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

  • Racepond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Racepond is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
  • Braganza
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Braganza is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braganza
  • Uptonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Uptonville is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
  • Waycross
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Nahunta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Needham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Needham is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
  • Blackshear
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Folkston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Traders Hill
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
  • Waltertown
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown
  • Glenmore
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
  • Waresboro
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Tarboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
    • Patterson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Boulogne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Mudge ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Mudge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Mudge, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Mudge.

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 Fort Mudge:

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 Fort Mudge, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Mudge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.