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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 Lax (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 Lax. 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 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.

Lax is primarily located in Coffee County. A portion of Lax extends into 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 Coffee County: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Telfair & Ware.

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

  • Coffee County     (The home county of Lax)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Mora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Ambrose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Broxton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • West Green
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicholls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Willacoochee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Leliaton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
    • Pearson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Axson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Fitzgerald
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Abba
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Alapaha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Enigma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Nashville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ray City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Lenox
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Staunton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Staunton is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
    • Sparks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Adel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Wray
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ocilla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mystic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Irwinville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Arp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
  • Jeff Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Denton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Lanier County
    • Lakeland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Telfair County
    • Jacksonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lax, with the one closest to Lax listed first.
    • Brookfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Tifton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Phillipsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Unionville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Unionville is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Abac
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Chula
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Omega
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Ware County

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

Cemeteries Near Lax ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lax.

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

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

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

  • Lax Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Luke Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Purvis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lax Community Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Harper Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Springhill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Nolan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Joseph Carver Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Vickers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Paulk Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (237 more) ...
    • Paulk Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulk Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paulk Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Ambrose.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36158 <3>
    • Satilla Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lax had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Alapaha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Enigma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Brookfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Douglas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Broxton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nashville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Irwinville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lenox
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jacksonville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Abba
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • China Hill
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • China Hill is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
  • Sibbie
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Nicholls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Temperance
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Temperance is located in Telfair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
    • Adel
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Lax. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lax.

Newspapers Published in Lax ...

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 Lax.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lax, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lax.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lax:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lax) 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 Lax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.