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 Mount Pleasant (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 Mount Pleasant. 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.
Name Variations for Mount Pleasant ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Pleasant. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Mount Pleasant is located in Evans 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 Evans County: Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Liberty & Tattnall.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant:
- Evans County (The home county of Mount Pleasant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Daisy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hagan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bryan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Pembroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ellabell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bulloch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Statesborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
- Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
- New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Register
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eagle Court
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
- Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
- Olde Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Olde Towne is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Towne
- Brooklet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Statesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stilson is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilson
- Leefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leefield is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leefield
- Hubert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hubert is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubert
- Clito
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clito is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clito
- Portal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Candler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Pulaski
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Metter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Canoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Canoe is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Eden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Marlow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Meldrim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Guyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Egypt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Stillmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Gum Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,893 people
- Bryan Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Village
- Fort Stewart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Pineview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Estimated population in 2019: 489 people
- Doe Run Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Flemington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
- Hinesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tupelo Trail
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
- Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
- Cherokee Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Long County
- Donald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
- Screven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Cameron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cameron is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cooperville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cooperville is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Oliver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tattnall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Manassas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
- Mendes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mendes is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendes
- Estimated population in 2019: 456 people
- Collins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reidsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glennville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cobbtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Former name for Cobbtown:
- Cobb Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <1>
- Toombs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Ohoopee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Santa Claus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Toombs Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toombs Central
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pleasant.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Missioanry Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bull Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- De Loach & Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrough Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emmaus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brewton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sands Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- DeLoach Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sikes Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch MB Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Daisy.
- The Antioch MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Statesborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
- Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
- Enal ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enal is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enal
- Manassas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Emit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emit is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emit
- Jimps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jimps is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimps
- Birdford ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Birdford is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdford
- Pembroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Collins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reidsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glennville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Arcola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Tison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tison is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tison
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Taylors Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Creek is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Creek
- Ellabell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gum Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
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 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 Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Evans County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bryan County
- Bulloch County
- Candler County
- Effingham County
- Emanuel County
- Liberty County
- Long County
- Screven County
- Tattnall County
- Toombs 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |