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 Horse Ford (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 Horse Ford. 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 doctors and 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.
Horse Ford is located in Long 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 Long County: Liberty, McIntosh, Tattnall & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Horse Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Horse Ford:
- Long County (The home county of Horse Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Ludowici
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Donald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Donald is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Popwellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Popwellville is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
- Hortense
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Raybon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raybon is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
- Bryan County
- Keller
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keller is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Glynn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Altamaha Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
- Thalmann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Thalmann is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
- Groveside Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
- Shady Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Glynco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blythe Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
- Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
- Dock Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
- Country Club Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Walthourville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allenhurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Riceboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Screven Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
- Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
- Doe Run Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Hinesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pineview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pineview is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Estimated population in 2019: 489 people
- Garden Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
- Gum Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Tupelo Trail
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
- Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
- Flemington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Martin Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- McIntosh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Townsend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Credit Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
- Crescent
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meridian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shellman Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Valona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Darien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doboy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Doboy is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
- Sapelo Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Offerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tattnall County
- Glennville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Pendarvis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
- Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
- Doctortown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doctortown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
- Jesup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Madray Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
- Odum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Screven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Horse Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Horse Ford.
Cemeteries Near Horse Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Horse Ford.
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 Horse Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Horse Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Middleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Orchard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strangers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Baggs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Citizens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Middleton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (152 more) ...
- Branson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jesup City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Manning Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Horse Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Horse Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Horse Ford, with the one closest to Horse Ford listed first.
- Gardi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gardi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Doctortown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doctortown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
- Jesup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Walthourville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- South Newport is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
- Riceboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hinesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pennick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pennick is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
- McIntosh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McIntosh is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
- Gum Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Darien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Flemington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Screven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Horse Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Horse Ford.
Newspapers Published in Horse Ford ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Horse Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Horse Ford, 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 Horse Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Horse Ford:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Long County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Bryan County
- Glynn County
- Liberty County
- McIntosh County
- Pierce County
- Tattnall County
- Wayne 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 Horse Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Horse Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |