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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 Jones (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 Jones. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Jones is located in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County: Glynn, Liberty, Long & Wayne.

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

  • McIntosh County     (The home county of Jones)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Townsend
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Credit Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Crescent
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Shellman Bluff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Meridian
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Valona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Darien
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Brantley County
    • Popwellville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Keller
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Richmond Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort McAllister
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Ogeechee Farms
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ogeechee Farms is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee Farms
    • Coffee Bluff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Montgomery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Montgomery is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,719 people
    • Nicholsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
  • Glynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Altamaha Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
    • Groveside Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Thalmann
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Thalmann is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
    • Shady Acres
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Glynco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Country Club Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Country Club Estates is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
    • Dock Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • German Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • German Village is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
    • Blythe Island
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Riceboro
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Screven Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Midway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Walthourville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Allenhurst
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
    • Tupelo Trail
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Doe Run Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Flemington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Garden Acres
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Hinesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Long County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Ludowici
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Donald
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Donald is located in Long County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones, with the one closest to Jones listed first.
    • Pendarvis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Doctortown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Jesup
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Madray Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Jones ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones.

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

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

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

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

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

  • South Newport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • South Newport is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
  • Riceboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dorchester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Dorchester is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Walthourville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McIntosh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • McIntosh is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
  • Flemington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ridgeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Hinesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fleming
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Darien
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Doboy ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 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
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Gardi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Gardi is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
    • Keller
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Doctortown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown

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

Newspapers Published in Jones ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones.

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 either 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 Jones:

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 Jones, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Jones) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.