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 Highway Park Ferry (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 Highway Park Ferry. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Highway Park Ferry is located in Charlton 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 Charlton County: Baker (FL), Nassau (FL), Brantley, Camden & Ware.
Below are the counties that are near Highway Park Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highway Park Ferry:
- Charlton County (The home county of Highway Park Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Folkston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Traders Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Homeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Mattox ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mattox is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
- Winokur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Winokur is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
- Saint George
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Hoboken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nahunta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Hazlehurst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
- Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Kingsland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tarboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Woodbine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Scotchville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- London Hill
(21 miles [33.8 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
- White Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marys
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dungeness
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dungeness is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungeness
- Baker County (FL)
- Taylor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor is located in Baker County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Duval County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Biscayne Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Biscayne Village is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Village
- Garden City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Boulogne
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hilliard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dyal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Evergreen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Callahan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nassau Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nassau Village is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
- Yulee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bryceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highway Park Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Highway Park Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Highway Park Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highway Park Ferry.
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 Highway Park Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highway Park Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Little Phoebe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Traders Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pineview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bryant Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Road Cemetery
- The Bryant Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Traders Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Homeland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sardis Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Folkston.
- The Sardis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sardis Church Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cornhouse Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (71 more) ...
- Mallets Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Highway Park Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highway Park Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highway Park Ferry, with the one closest to Highway Park Ferry listed first.
- Boulogne
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Folkston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Traders Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Hilliard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Uptonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uptonville is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
- Tompkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Evergreen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Callahan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Racepond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Racepond is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
- Tarboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Italia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Italia is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Crandall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Saint Marys
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highway Park Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highway Park Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Highway Park Ferry ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highway Park Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highway Park Ferry, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highway Park Ferry.
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 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 Highway Park Ferry:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Charlton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Camden County
- Baker County
- Duval 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Highway Park Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Highway Park Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |