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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Jacksonboro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jacksonboro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jacksonboro, please Contact Us.
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 Jacksonboro (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 Jacksonboro. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Jacksonboro is historic, it would have been located within present day Screven 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 Screven County: Bulloch, Burke, Effingham, Jenkins, Allendale (SC) & Hampton (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Jacksonboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jacksonboro:
- Screven County (The home county of Jacksonboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Hilltonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltonia is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
- Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
- Hiltonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvania
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millhaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millhaven is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Zeigler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zeigler is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Captolo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Captolo is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
- Cooperville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cooperville is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Rocky Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Newington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
- Oliver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bulloch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Clito
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clito is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clito
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Portal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Leefield is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leefield
- Statesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Aaron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Olde Towne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olde Towne is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Towne
- Brooklet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Court
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
- Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Sardis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Girard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Munnerlyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Thomas Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Waynesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Effingham County
- Egypt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Emanuel County
- Garfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Scarboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Millen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Perkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Emmalane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Thrift
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Allendale County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Martin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ulmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnwell County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Hattieville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hattieville is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Kline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Snelling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snelling is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Hampton County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Estill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gifford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Luray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Scotia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brunson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Garnett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Furman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pond Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pond Town is located in Hampton County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jasper County (SC)
- Pineland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jacksonboro, see our County-by-County Page for Jacksonboro.
Cemeteries Near Jacksonboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jacksonboro.
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 Jacksonboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jacksonboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Reddick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Reddick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lawton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lawton Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Sylvania.
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Friendship Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bascom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wesley UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McBride Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McDonald Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Waters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvania Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Harmony Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Jacksonboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jacksonboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jacksonboro, with the one closest to Jacksonboro listed first.
- Bascom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bascom is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
- Sylvania
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millhaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Millhaven is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Zeigler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zeigler is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Woodcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodcliff is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
- Goloid
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Goloid is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goloid
- Captolo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Captolo is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
- Sardis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Girard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blitch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blitch is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitch
- Cameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
- Peeples ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Peeples is located in Hampton County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jacksonboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jacksonboro.
Newspapers Published in Jacksonboro ...
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 Jacksonboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jacksonboro, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jacksonboro.
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 Jacksonboro:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Screven County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bulloch County
- Burke County
- Effingham County
- Emanuel County
- Jenkins County
- Allendale County
- Barnwell County
- Hampton County
- Jasper County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jacksonboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jacksonboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |