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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 Kirkland (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 Kirkland. 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 and hospitals 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.

Kirkland is located in Atkinson 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 Atkinson County: Berrien, Clinch, Coffee, Lanier & Ware.

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

  • Atkinson County     (The home county of Kirkland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Pearson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Leliaton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
    • Willacoochee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Axson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Bacon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Guysie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
    • Alma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Alma is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Alapaha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Nashville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Ray City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Enigma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
    • Homerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Du Pont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Argyle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chauncey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Mora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Douglas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Oak Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • Ambrose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Nicholls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Broxton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • West Green
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Wray
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ocilla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Lakeland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stockton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Lowndes County
  • Tift County
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kirkland, with the one closest to Kirkland listed first.
    • Millwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Talmo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
    • Manor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Waresboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Ruskin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Waltertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown

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

Cemeteries Near Kirkland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirkland.

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

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Tison Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mora Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kight Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pine Forests Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gaskins Graveyard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Pearson.
    • The Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Live Oak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2263493 <2>
  • Red Bluff Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Carver Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Death Age Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • White Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...
    • Axson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Tanner Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • McClelland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Kirkland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kirkland.

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

  • Millwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Douglas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lax is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
  • Bickley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
  • Alapaha
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Nashville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Homerville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nicholls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Du Pont
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Broxton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Manor
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenmore
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Waresboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Beach is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Enigma
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Kirkland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirkland.

Newspapers Published in Kirkland ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirkland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirkland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirkland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Kirkland:

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