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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 Kite (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 Kite. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Kite is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Emanuel, Jefferson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington & Wilkinson.

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

  • Johnson County     (The home county of Kite)
  • Burke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kite, with the one closest to Kite listed first.
    • Number Ten ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Number Ten is located in Burke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
      • Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
    • Midville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Magruder
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosier
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vidette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Candler County
    • Canoe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Canoe is located in Candler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
      • Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
  • Emanuel County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kite, with the one closest to Kite listed first.
    • Bartow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wadley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Moxley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Town is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Louisville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Stapletons Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
  • Jenkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kite, with the one closest to Kite listed first.
    • Thrift
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Thrift is located in Jenkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
    • Emmalane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kite, with the one closest to Kite listed first.
    • Lovett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Midway
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Midway is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
    • Rockledge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuckers Crossroad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
    • East Dublin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Dublin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Montgomery County
    • Tarrytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Treutlen County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kite, with the one closest to Kite listed first.
    • Harrison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Riddleville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Riddleville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Davisboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Tennille
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gardner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
    • Oconee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkinson County
    • Beech Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill

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

Cemeteries Near Kite ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kite.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kite, with the one closest to Kite 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kite had a population of 250 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Kite had a population of 226 people.

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

  • Pinetucky ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinetucky is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetucky
  • Pringle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pringle is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
  • Adrian
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Swainsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Modoc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Modoc is located in Emanuel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
  • Wrightsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Wadley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bartow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Spann
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Spann is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spann
  • Covena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Covena is located in Emanuel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covena
  • Summertown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Lovett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Harrison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Nunez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Riddleville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Riddleville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people

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

Newspapers Published in Kite ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kite.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kite, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kite.

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 Kite:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Kite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.