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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 Lands Crossroads (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 Lands Crossroads. 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 Lands Crossroads ...

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 occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lands Crossroads: Lands Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Lands Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lands Crossroads may originally have been Land's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lands Crossroads might be written as Land Crossroads.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lands Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lands Crossroads.

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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Lands Crossroads is located in Irwin 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 Irwin County: Ben Hill, Berrien, Coffee, Tift & Turner.

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

  • Irwin County     (The home county of Lands Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Arp
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mystic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocilla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wray
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Abba
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Enigma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Alapaha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Ambrose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Broxton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Cook County
    • Staunton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Staunton is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • McKenzie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Arabi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cordele
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamb Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
  • Dodge County
    • Rhine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski County
    • Finleyson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Telfair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Milan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Chula
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Abac
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Brookfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Phillipsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Unionville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Ty Ty
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Omega
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hobby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Owensboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Rochelle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pitts
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Abbeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Seville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pineview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lands Crossroads, with the one closest to Lands Crossroads listed first.
    • Sumner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuffietown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
    • Poulan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylvester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Lands Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lands Crossroads.

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 Lands Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Arp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Abba Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Luke Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Irwinville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Englewood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (282 more) ...
    • Dixon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Paulk Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Abba
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Irwinville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sibbie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
  • Rochelle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pitts
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Temperance
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Temperance is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
  • China Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • China Hill is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
  • Abbeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Brookfield
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Copeland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Copeland is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Seville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Enigma
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Rhine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lax
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lax is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
    • Arabi
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Lands Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lands Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Lands Crossroads ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lands Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lands Crossroads, 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 Lands Crossroads.

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 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 Lands Crossroads:

Footnotes ...

<1>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).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lands Crossroads, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lands Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.