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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 Jeterville (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 Jeterville. 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.

Jeterville is located in Miller 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 Miller County: Baker, Decatur, Early & Seminole.

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

  • Miller County     (The home county of Jeterville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Colquitt
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Floydtown ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Floydtown is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
    • Boykin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Boykin is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
    • Mayhaw
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mayhaw is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Anna
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Anna is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Mimsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Mimsville is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimsville
    • Milford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Milford is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Lamar ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamar is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
    • Hawkinstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Hawkinstown is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinstown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,270 people
    • Newton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Arlington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Williamsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Leary
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Edison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Morgan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Holt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Holt is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Bluffton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellville is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 118 people
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Brinson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Vada
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vada is located in Decatur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada
      • Estimated population in 2019: 56,457 people
    • Bainbridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Climax
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Early County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Damascus
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Douglass Crossroads
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
    • Douglasville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Douglasville is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 11,695 people
    • Hentown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Hentown is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
    • Centerville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Centerville is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Bancroft
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bancroft is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Springfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Springfield is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
    • Blakely
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jakin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sawhatchee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sawhatchee is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawhatchee
    • Cedar Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rock Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rock Hill is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
  • Mitchell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Greenwood ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Greenwood is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Camilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Iron City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Donalsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Steam Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Steam Mill is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
    • Reynoldsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
  • Henry County (AL)
    • Haleburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Haleburg is located in Henry County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Houston County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jeterville, with the one closest to Jeterville listed first.
    • Gordon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Gordon is located in Houston County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Columbia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Williams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Williams is located in Houston County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Jackson County (FL)
    • Parramore ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Parramore is located in Jackson County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore

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

Cemeteries Near Jeterville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jeterville.

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 Jeterville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Harmony Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gordon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Shepard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Tabb Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pullen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cratic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Billings Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheffield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Colquitt City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (174 more) ...
    • Damascus Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Houston Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Damascus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Colquitt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mayhaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayhaw is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
  • Twilight ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Twilight is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
  • Mimsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mimsville is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimsville
  • Horns Cross Road ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Horns Cross Road is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Cross Road
  • Spooner ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Spooner is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
  • Milford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Milford is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Arlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Eldorendo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Eldorendo is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorendo
  • Hoggard Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hoggard Mill is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggard Mill
  • Williamsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Blakely
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brinson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jakin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Jeterville ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jeterville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jeterville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jeterville.

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 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 Jeterville:

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>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<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 Jeterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jeterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.