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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Lazaretto. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lazaretto to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lazaretto, please Contact Us.

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 Lazaretto (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 Lazaretto. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Lazaretto is historic, it would have been located within present day Chatham 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 Chatham County: Bryan, Effingham & Jasper (SC).

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

  • Chatham County     (The home county of Lazaretto)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazaretto, with the one closest to Lazaretto listed first.
    • Fort Screven
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Fort Screven is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Screven
    • Tybee Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Golden Isles
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wilmington Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Whitemarsh Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
    • Isle of Armstrong
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
    • Thunderbolt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Skidaway Island
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
    • Bona Bella
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bona Bella is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
    • Isle of Hope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
    • Abercorn Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
    • Robert M Hitch Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazaretto, with the one closest to Lazaretto listed first.
    • Fort McAllister
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
    • Keller
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Richmond Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Effingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazaretto, with the one closest to Lazaretto listed first.
    • Exley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Exley is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
    • Rincon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rincon is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <2>
    • Meldrim
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Liberty County
  • Beaufort County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazaretto, with the one closest to Lazaretto listed first.
    • Daufuskie Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Harbour Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
    • Point Comfort
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
    • Bluffton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Bluffton is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffton <2>
    • Hilton Head Island
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pritchardville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
    • Okatie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hardeeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Battery Marina Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Battery Marina Village is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Marina Village
    • Shell Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Port Royal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Burton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Lazaretto ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lazaretto.

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

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

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

  • Tybee Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mary Field Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Braddocks Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Haig Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Six Oaks Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • East Savannah Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Memory Gardens is located outside and to the southeast of Savannah.
  • Greenwich Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwich Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Savannah.
  • Crest Lawn Memory Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bonaventure Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonaventure Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bonaventure Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Savannah.
    • The Bonaventure Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evergreen Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32916 <3>
  • Cummingsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Cummingsville Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shad Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Moreland Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.

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

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

  • Tybee Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Isle of Hope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
  • Savannah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hilton Head Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bluffton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bluffton is located in Beaufort County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffton <2>
  • Pritchardville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
  • Wheat Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
  • Central Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Central Junction is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
  • Okatie
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Monteith
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Monteith is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
  • Hardeeville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Burroughs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Burroughs is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meinhard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Meinhard is located in Chatham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinhard
    • Pooler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Keller
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller

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

Newspapers Published in Lazaretto ...

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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lazaretto.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lazaretto, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lazaretto.

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 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 Lazaretto:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lazaretto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 from Point A (ie- Lazaretto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.