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 Mechanic Hill (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 Mechanic Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mechanic Hill is located in Richmond 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 Richmond County: Burke, Columbia, Jefferson, McDuffie, Aiken (SC) & Edgefield (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Mechanic Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mechanic Hill:
- Richmond County (The home county of Mechanic Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Nixon ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- De Bruce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Bruce is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Bruce
- Estimated population in 2019: 25,696 people
- Gracewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pepperidge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pepperidge is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge
- Fairvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairvale is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
- Hephzibah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fleming Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
- Richmond Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
- Southgate Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Southgate Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barton Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barton Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
- Forest Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Waynesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Keysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Thomas Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Drone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Gough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Girard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Munnerlyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Vidette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Sardis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Fort Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Head
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Lamkin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Lulaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lulaville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
- Martinez
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Memory Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Memory Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
- Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
- Grovetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Snead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
- Harlem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sawdust
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Noah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Matthews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zebina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Wrens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wrens Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Stapleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jenkins County
- Perkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- McDuffie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Dearing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Megahee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Boneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Screven County
- Millhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millhaven is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Aiken County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Browns Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Hill is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Hill
- Kathwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kathwood is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathwood
- Cowden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cowden is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
- Savanna Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
- Beech Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bush ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bush is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clearwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Augusta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hawthorne ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hawthorne is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Bath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belvedere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Belvedere is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Barnwell County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Hattieville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hattieville is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Snelling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snelling is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Edgefield County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Murphys Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Colliers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- McCormick County (SC)
- Clarks Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mechanic Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Mechanic Hill.
Cemeteries Near Mechanic Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mechanic Hill.
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 Mechanic Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mechanic Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fulcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twiggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crockett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Rock Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Rock Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Rock Church Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south of Augusta.
- The Ebenezer Rock Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Second Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2515002 <3>
- Fulcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cosnahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Usher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mixon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Knight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McBean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Mechanic Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mechanic Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mechanic Hill, with the one closest to Mechanic Hill listed first.
- McBean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McBean is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBean
- Gracewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adventure ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adventure is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
- Adams ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Hephzibah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cowden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cowden is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
- Beech Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shell Bluff is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wheless
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheless is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheless
- Hamburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bath
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bath is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Waynesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belair is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mechanic Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mechanic Hill.
Newspapers Published in Mechanic Hill ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mechanic Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mechanic Hill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mechanic Hill.
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 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 Mechanic Hill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Richmond County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Columbia County
- Jefferson County
- Jenkins County
- McDuffie County
- Screven County
- Aiken County
- Barnwell County
- Edgefield County
- McCormick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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- Mechanic Hill) 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 Mechanic Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |