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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Grangerville during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Grangerville was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Grangerville (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 Grangerville. 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 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.

Grangerville is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Appling, Brantley, Glynn, Long, McIntosh, Pierce & Tattnall.

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

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Grangerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Pendarvis
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Doctortown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Jesup
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Screven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Odum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Madray Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
  • Brantley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Popwellville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
    • Hortense
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waynesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Raybon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Raybon is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
    • Nahunta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Waverly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Bluff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
    • Ella Park ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Ella Park is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
  • Glynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Altamaha Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
    • Thalmann
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Thalmann is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
    • Georgetown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Georgetown is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Groveside Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Shady Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
    • Glynco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blythe Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
      • Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
    • Dock Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Country Club Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Club Estates is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
    • Brunswick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Epworth Acres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Epworth Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 480 people
    • German Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • German Village is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Walthourville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Allenhurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
    • Riceboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Screven Fork
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Gum Branch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
    • Doe Run Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Garden Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Hinesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Pineview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pineview is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
      • Estimated population in 2019: 489 people
    • Tupelo Trail
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
      • Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
    • Flemington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Long County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Ludowici
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Donald
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Donald is located in Long County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Townsend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Credit Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Darien
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Crescent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Valona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Shellman Bluff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sapelo Island
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangerville, with the one closest to Grangerville listed first.
    • Offerman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Patterson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Mershon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Grangerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grangerville.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Plum Orchard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Popwell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Old German Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Crum Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Arnett Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Chapman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • McCool Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitaker Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Manning Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...
    • Holland Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Davis Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Middleton Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Grangerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grangerville.

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

  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Gardi
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardi is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
  • Doctortown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
  • Jesup
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pennick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennick is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
  • Hortense
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamaica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jamaica is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
  • Screven
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Evelyn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Evelyn is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Darien
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ridgeville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Walthourville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Odum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Offerman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • South Newport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • South Newport is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport

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

Newspapers Published in Grangerville ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grangerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grangerville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grangerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Grangerville:

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Grangerville and then turned west". While Grangerville could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Grangerville as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Grangerville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Grangerville: This one is located in Wayne County and the other is located in Macon County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grangerville.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Grangerville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grangerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.