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 Hazlehurst (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 Hazlehurst. 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 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.
Hazlehurst is located in Camden 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 Camden County: Nassau (FL), Brantley, Charlton & Glynn.
Below are the counties that are near Hazlehurst. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hazlehurst:
- Camden County (The home county of Hazlehurst)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Tarboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Woodbine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- White Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kingsland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- London Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- London Hill is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ella Park is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
- Saint Marys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Waynesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nahunta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raybon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Raybon is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
- Hoboken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Popwellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Popwellville is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
- Hortense
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Charlton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Folkston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Winokur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winokur is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
- Traders Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Mattox ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mattox is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
- Saint George
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glynn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Georgetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Blythe Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
- Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
- Brunswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thalmann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thalmann is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
- Dock Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
- Glynco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
- Country Club Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Groveside Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
- King City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- King City is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
- Kings Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Terrace is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Terrace
- Estimated population in 2019: 679 people
- Saint Simons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Simons is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Simons
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Boulogne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Hilliard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dyal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Yulee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Callahan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crawford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nassau Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nassau Village is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
- Fernandina Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hazlehurst, see our County-by-County Page for Hazlehurst.
Cemeteries Near Hazlehurst ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hazlehurst.
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 Hazlehurst - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hazlehurst covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Baileys Mill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Manning Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Fort Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lowther Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harrell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- O'Berry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (103 more) ...
- Mallets Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Haddock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Corinth 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.<2>
While we didn't find Hazlehurst in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hazlehurst.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hazlehurst, with the one closest to Hazlehurst listed first.
- Tompkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Tarboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Kings Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Folkston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boulogne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Uptonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Uptonville is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
- Traders Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Evergreen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Hilliard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crandall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ella Park is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
- Racepond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Racepond is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Saint Marys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Italia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Italia is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
- Nahunta
(21 miles [33.8 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 Hazlehurst. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hazlehurst.
Newspapers Published in Hazlehurst ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazlehurst.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hazlehurst, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hazlehurst.
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 helpful 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 Hazlehurst:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Camden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Charlton County
- Glynn County
- Nassau County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | 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 Hazlehurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hazlehurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |