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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 Mora (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 Mora. 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 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.

Mora is primarily located in Coffee County. A portion of Mora extends into Atkinson County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties 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 Mora. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mora:

  • Coffee County     (The home county of Mora)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Douglas
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • Ambrose
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Broxton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • West Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Green
      • West Green is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Green <1>
    • Nicholls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Leliaton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leliaton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
    • Willacoochee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willacoochee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willacoochee
      • Willacoochee is located in Atkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willacoochee <1>
    • Pearson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Axson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bacon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Guysie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guysie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
    • Alma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Bacon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
  • Ben Hill County
    • Fitzgerald
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Alapaha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Nashville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Berrien County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <1>
    • Enigma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Ray City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ray City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray City
      • Ray City is located in Berrien County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ray City <1>
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
    • Homerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Du Pont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Argyle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Wray
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocilla
      • Ocilla is located in Irwin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,722 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocilla <1>
    • Mystic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
      • Mystic is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mystic <1>
    • Irwinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwinville
      • Irwinville is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwinville <1>
  • Jeff Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Denton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirkland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Lanier County
    • Lakeland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Lakeland is located in Lanier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeland <1>
  • Telfair County
    • Jacksonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Tift County
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mora, with the one closest to Mora listed first.
    • Millwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Talmo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
    • Waresboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Mora ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mora.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mora, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mora.

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 Mora:

Cemeteries Near Mora ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mora.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Mora Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mora Cemetery
  • Daniel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daniel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daniel Cemetery
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Cemetery
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • John Carver Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Carver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Carver Cemetery
  • St. Illa Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Illa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Illa Cemetery
  • Carver Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carver Cemetery
  • McClelland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McClelland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McClelland Cemetery
  • Ashley Yoemans Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashley Yoemans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashley Yoemans Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Joseph Carver Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Joseph Carver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Joseph Carver Cemetery
  • Nolan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nolan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nolan Cemetery
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • Moore Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Pine Forests Memorial Gardens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Forests Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Forests Memorial Gardens
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lax have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
    • Lax is located in Coffee County
  • Broxton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Alapaha
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Millwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bickley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bickley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
  • Nicholls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Nashville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
    • Nashville is located in Berrien County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <1>
  • Enigma
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Brookfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
      • Beach is located in Ware County
    • Jacksonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Homerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Du Pont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Irwinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwinville
      • Irwinville is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwinville <1>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mora. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 from Point A (ie- Mora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4141, Longitude: -82.9538       In this case, the coordinates for Mora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Mora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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