Our Genealogy Helper
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 Hatchers Store (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 Hatchers Store. 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 Hatchers Store ...
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.
While the name of this community is Hatchers Store, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hatchers Store may originally have been Hatcher's Store.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hatchers Store might be written as Hatcher Store.
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 northeast 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 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.
Hatchers Store is located in Burke 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 Burke County: Emanuel, Jefferson, Jenkins, Richmond, Screven, Aiken (SC), Allendale (SC) & Barnwell (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Hatchers Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hatchers Store:
- Burke County (The home county of Hatchers Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Thomas Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Waynesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Munnerlyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Drone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Gough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vidette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Saint Clair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Rosier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Magruder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Sardis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Fort Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Grovetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harlem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Colemans Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Summertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blun
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Blundale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Old Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Noah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Matthews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Louisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Moxley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Wrens Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Wrens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wadley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Stapleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bartow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Emmalane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Thrift
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Scarboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Hephzibah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blythe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- De Bruce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- De Bruce is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Bruce
- Estimated population in 2019: 25,696 people
- Nixon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Gracewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pepperidge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pepperidge is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge
- Fairvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairvale is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
- Fleming Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
- Richmond Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
- Barton Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barton Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
- Southgate Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Southgate Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Screven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Millhaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Millhaven is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Hilltonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltonia is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
- Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
- Hiltonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Zeigler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zeigler is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Rocky Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Bush ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bush is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Cowden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cowden is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
- Kathwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kathwood is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathwood
- Browns Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Hill is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Hill
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Savanna Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
- Hawthorne ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Beech Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Talatha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talatha is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
- Barnwell County (SC)
- Hattieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hattieville is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hatchers Store, see our County-by-County Page for Hatchers Store.
Cemeteries Near Hatchers Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hatchers Store.
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 Hatchers Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hatchers Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Gray Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bell Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burke Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waynesboro Confederate Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Slave Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slave Cemetery
- The Slave Cemetery has also been known as:
- Colored Cemetery
- Old Quarter Cemetery
- Sixth Street Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2536446 <4>
- Bynes Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Applewhite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walter Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Walker Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cullen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abrams - Drayton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Hatchers Store in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hatchers Store.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hatchers Store, with the one closest to Hatchers Store listed first.
- Waynesboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Munnerlyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Drone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Alexander
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alexander is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Shell Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Bluff is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff
- Gough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rosier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Saint Clair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- McBean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McBean is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBean
- Sardis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Girard
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Keysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hephzibah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Midville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Noah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hatchers Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hatchers Store.
Newspapers Published in Hatchers Store ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hatchers Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hatchers Store, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hatchers Store.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hatchers Store:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Burke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Emanuel County
- Jefferson County
- Jenkins County
- Richmond County
- Screven County
- Aiken County
- Barnwell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hatchers Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hatchers Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |