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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 Haddonville (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 Haddonville. 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 and doctors 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.

Haddonville is located in Effingham 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 Effingham County: Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Screven, Hampton (SC) & Jasper (SC).

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

  • Effingham County     (The home county of Haddonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Clyo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Two Sisters Ferry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
    • Springfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rincon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Rincon is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <1>
    • Guyton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Guyton is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,371 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guyton <1>
    • Exley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Exley is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
    • Marlow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Marlow is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Egypt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Egypt is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Eden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Meldrim
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Ellabell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pembroke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bulloch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Hubert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hubert is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubert
    • Stilson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Stilson is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilson
    • Leefield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Leefield is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leefield
    • Brooklet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Clito
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Clito is located in Bulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clito
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Port Wentworth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Port Wentworth Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Port Wentworth Junction is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wentworth Junction
      • Estimated population in 2019: 9,641 people
    • Bloomingdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Pooler
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Chatham City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Chatham City is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham City
    • Garden City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Rossignol Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Rossignol Hill is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossignol Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,009 people
    • Sharon Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sharon Park is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
    • Woodville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Woodville is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 382 people
    • Alabama Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Alabama Junction is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Junction
    • Carver Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Carver Village is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
    • Florida Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Florida Junction is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
    • Robert M Hitch Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Screven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Oliver
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Newington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Captolo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Captolo is located in Screven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
    • Cameron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cameron is located in Screven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
    • Cooperville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Cooperville is located in Screven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
    • Dover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Beaufort County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Hardeeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Okatie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Pritchardville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
    • Laurel Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
    • Bluffton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bluffton is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffton <1>
    • Seabrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Sheldon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomotley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Yemassee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Yemassee is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yemassee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,133 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yemassee <1>
    • Burton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lobeco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Shell Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Battery Marina Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Battery Marina Village is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Marina Village
  • Hampton County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Garnett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Scotia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Scotia is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <1>
    • Furman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Furman is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Furman <1>
    • Estill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Estill is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estill <1>
    • Barkerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville
    • Luray
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Luray is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luray <1>
    • Early Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gifford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Gifford is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gifford <1>
    • Varnville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hampton is located in Hampton County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,488 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampton <1>
  • Jasper County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haddonville, with the one closest to Haddonville listed first.
    • Tillman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pineland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Haddonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haddonville.

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

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

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

  • Union Spring Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Stillwell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Winkler Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Metzger Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gnann Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kieffer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Ebenezer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Strobhar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (185 more) ...
    • Ryal Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Morgan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Humberts Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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>

While we didn't find Haddonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haddonville.

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

  • Stillwell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Stillwell is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell
  • Clyo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Springfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tillman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rincon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rincon is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <1>
  • Guyton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Guyton is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,371 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guyton <1>
  • Garnett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Oaky
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oaky is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaky
  • Tusculum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tusculum is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
  • Brighton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brighton is located in Hampton County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
  • Hardeeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Marlow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marlow is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ridgeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Egypt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Egypt is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Eneck ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Eneck is located in Screven County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eneck

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

Newspapers Published in Haddonville ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haddonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haddonville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haddonville.

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 Haddonville:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haddonville) 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 Haddonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.