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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 Mayday (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 Mayday. 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.

Mayday is located in Echols 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 Echols County: Columbia (FL), Hamilton (FL), Clinch, Lanier & Lowndes.

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

  • Echols County     (The home county of Mayday)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Howell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Howell is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Statenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fruitland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Fruitland is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Potter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Potter is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Ray City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Nashville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
      • Estimated population in 2019: 605 people
    • Morven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Du Pont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
    • Ernest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ernest is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
    • Homerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Argyle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fargo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Cogdell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
  • Cook County
    • Cecil
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Stockton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lakeland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Naylor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dasher
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Lake Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Valdosta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Remerton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Remerton is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Franklinville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Franklinville is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 971 people
    • Clyattville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Barko Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Barko Village is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barko Village
    • Mineola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
    • Hahira
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shiloh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Shiloh is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Hamilton County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Jennings
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bakers Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
    • Jasper
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jasper is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <1>
    • Marion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Madison County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
    • Leland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Pinetta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake

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

Cemeteries Near Mayday ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mayday.

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

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

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

  • Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    • The Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cow Creek Cemetery
    • Cow Creek Church Cemetery
    • Wayfare Cemetery
  • Sweet Prospect Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wetherington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Foreman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Unity Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Green Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dame Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lovejoy Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thomas Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Copeland Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Withers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Withers is located in Clinch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • Naylor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Statenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tarver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarver is located in Echols County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
  • Dasher
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
  • Du Pont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Melrose
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Valdosta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jennings
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Avoca
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Avoca is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
  • Bakers Mill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Clyattville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Octahatchee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Octahatchee is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octahatchee
    • Mineola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people

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

Newspapers Published in Mayday ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayday.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mayday, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mayday.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mayday:

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>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 Mayday, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mayday) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.