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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 Greens Crossing (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 Greens Crossing. 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 Greens Crossing ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Greens Crossing: Greens Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Greens Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Greens Crossing may originally have been Green's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Greens Crossing might be written as Green Crossing.

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

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 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 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.

Greens Crossing is located in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County: Hamilton (FL), Madison (FL), Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols & Lanier.

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

  • Lowndes County     (The home county of Greens Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Naylor
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Valdosta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklinville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Franklinville is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 971 people
    • Dasher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Remerton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Remerton is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Barko Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Barko Village is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barko Village
    • Mineola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
    • Lake Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Hahira
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Shiloh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Shiloh is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Clyattville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Leliaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
    • Willacoochee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Pearson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Ray City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nashville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
      • Estimated population in 2019: 605 people
    • Morven
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Barney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fodie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Fodie is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fodie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,037 people
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Du Pont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Homerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
    • Ernest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ernest is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
    • Argyle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cogdell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Cecil
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Adel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Echols County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Howell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Howell is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Fruitland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fruitland is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Statenville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Potter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Potter is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Stockton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hamilton County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Jennings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Bakers Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
    • Jasper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jasper is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <2>
  • Madison County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greens Crossing, with the one closest to Greens Crossing listed first.
    • Leland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Pinetta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Greens Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greens Crossing.

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 Greens Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • James Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sweet Prospect Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Foreman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Unity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wetherington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    • The Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cow Creek Cemetery
    • Cow Creek Church Cemetery
    • Wayfare Cemetery
  • Green Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lovejoy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hightower Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John MB Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (102 more) ...
    • Carter Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • North Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Grove Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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 Greens Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greens Crossing.

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

  • Naylor
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Withers
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Withers is located in Clinch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • Du Pont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Valdosta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Statenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Dasher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
  • Tarver
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarver is located in Echols County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
  • Mineola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
  • Lake Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Melrose
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Hahira
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Homerville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Clyattville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jennings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Nashville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Greens Crossing ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greens Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greens Crossing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greens Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Greens Crossing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 Greens Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greens Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.