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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Jenks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jenks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jenks, 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 Jenks (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 Jenks. 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 Jenks ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

While the name of this community is Jenks, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Jenks may originally have been Jenk's.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 Jenks is historic, it would have been located within present day Glynn County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Glynn County: Brantley, Camden, McIntosh & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Jenks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jenks:

  • Glynn County     (The home county of Jenks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.
    • Thalmann
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
      • Thalmann is located in Glynn County
    • Altamaha Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
    • Georgetown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Georgetown is located in Glynn County
    • Groveside Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Shady Acres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
      • Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
    • Blythe Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
      • Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
    • Glynco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dock Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dock Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
    • Country Club Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
      • Country Club Estates is located in Glynn County
    • Brunswick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Epworth Acres
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epworth Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Acres
      • Epworth Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 480 people
    • Saint Simon Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Simon Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Simon Mills
      • Saint Simon Mills is located in Glynn County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 12,743 people
    • German Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
      • German Village is located in Glynn County
  • Brantley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.
    • Popwellville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popwellville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
    • Waynesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hortense
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Raybon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raybon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
      • Raybon is located in Brantley County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
    • Nahunta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoboken
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.
    • Waverly
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Bluff
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
      • Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
    • Ella Park ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ella Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
      • Ella Park is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
    • White Oak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Tarboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
    • Jefferson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Jefferson is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
    • Woodbine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
      • Woodbine is located in Camden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,346 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbine <4>
    • Hazlehurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazlehurst have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
      • Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
  • Charlton County
    • Winokur
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
      • Winokur is located in Charlton County
  • Long County
    • Ludowici
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludowici have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludowici
      • Ludowici is located in Long County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludowici <4>
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.
    • Darien
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Credit Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
    • Townsend
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townsend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
      • Townsend is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Townsend <4>
    • Meridian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <4>
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doboy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Crescent
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Valona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sapelo Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sapelo Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapelo Island
      • Sapelo Island is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sapelo Island <4>
    • Shellman Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.
    • Offerman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Patterson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.
    • Pendarvis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendarvis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Jesup
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Screven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Odum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jenks, see our County-by-County Page for Jenks.

Newspapers Published in Jenks ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jenks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jenks, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jenks.

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 Jenks:

Cemeteries Near Jenks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jenks.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jenks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.

  • Whitaker Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitaker Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitaker Hill Cemetery
  • Popwell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Popwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Popwell Cemetery
  • Chapman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapman Cemetery
  • Arnett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnett Cemetery
  • Blount Crossing Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blount Crossing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blount Crossing Cemetery
  • Crum Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crum Cemetery
  • Grayham Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grayham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grayham Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Little Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Memorial Cemetery
  • McCool Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCool Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCool Cemetery
  • Barnwell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnwell Cemetery
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Continue List   (129 more) ...
    • Gibson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibson Cemetery
    • Wiggens Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiggens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiggens Cemetery
    • Highsmith Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highsmith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highsmith Cemetery

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 Jenks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jenks.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Jenks, with the one closest to Jenks listed first.

  • Jamaica
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamaica have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
    • Jamaica is located in Glynn County
  • Pennick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
    • Pennick is located in Glynn County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
  • Evelyn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
    • Evelyn is located in Glynn County
  • Dock Junction
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dock Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
  • Fancy Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fancy Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Bluff
    • Fancy Bluff is located in Glynn County
  • Darien
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hortense
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Brunswick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gardi
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
    • Gardi is located in Wayne County
  • Ridgeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
  • Nahunta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Ella Park ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ella Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
      • Ella Park is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doboy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Tarboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jenks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jenks.

The official website for Glynn County: www.glynncounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Jenks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Jenks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jenks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3266, Longitude: -81.6873       In this case, the coordinates for Jenks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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