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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 Friendship (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 Friendship. 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 and 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.

Friendship is located in Sumter 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 Sumter County: Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Marion, Schley, Terrell & Webster.

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

  • Sumter County     (The home county of Friendship)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Concord
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Concord is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Shiloh
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Plains
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Thalean
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Thalean is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
    • Americus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Andersonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Former name for Andersonville:
      • Anderson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <1>
    • Sumter
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sumter is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Leslie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • De Soto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • Cobb
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chattahoochee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Ida Vesper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
      • Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
    • Cusseta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Halloca ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
    • Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
    • Central Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
    • Ochillee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Dooling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Byromville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Smithville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chokee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Ideal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oglethorpe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Montezuma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Draneville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Draneville is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
    • Putnam
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Putnam is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
    • Buena Vista
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tazewell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Tazewell is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
    • Glen Alta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glen Alta is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
    • Juniper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Juniper is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Brooksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Brooksville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
    • Wades
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wades is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
    • Shellman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Schley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Ellaville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • La Crosse
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • La Crosse is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
    • Concord
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Concord is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Stewart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Richland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lumpkin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Zion ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Louvale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Talbot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Box Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Rupert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mauk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Norwich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Norwich is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
      • Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
    • Butler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Howard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Howard is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Terrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Parrott
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Olivers Mill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
    • Yeomans
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Yeomans is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
    • Bronwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dawson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sasser
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
    • Preston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Leveretts
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Leveretts is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
    • Weston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Friendship ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendship.

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 Friendship - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Friendship Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Tabernacle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Frasier - Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Avery Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Avery Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Old Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Smyrna Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (149 more) ...
    • Shiloh - Marion Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Preston Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Mark AME Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Friendship had a population of 93 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Draneville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Draneville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
  • Putnam
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Putnam is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
  • Church Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Church Hill is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
  • Preston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Plains
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ellaville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • New Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Point is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
  • Doyle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Doyle is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
  • La Crosse
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • La Crosse is located in Schley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
  • Hoggs ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hoggs is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggs
  • Gooseberry ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gooseberry is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
  • Americus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Buena Vista
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Murrays Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Murrays Crossroads is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Crossroads
    • Pineville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pineville is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville

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

Newspapers Published in Friendship ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendship, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Friendship.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Friendship:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Friendship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Friendship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.