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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 Musselwhite (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 Musselwhite. 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.

Musselwhite is located in Crisp 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 Crisp County: Dooly, Lee, Sumter, Turner, Wilcox & Worth.

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

  • Crisp County     (The home county of Musselwhite)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • McKenzie
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Cordele
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lamb Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • Arabi
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Abba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dodge County
    • Rhine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Vienna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinehurst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lilly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Unadilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Byromville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dooling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Houston County
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Arp
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Chokee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
    • Philema
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Philema is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philema
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Finleyson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
    • Hawkinsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Cobb
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • De Soto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Leslie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Andersonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Former name for Andersonville:
      • Anderson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <1>
  • Tift County
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sycamore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hobby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Seville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pitts
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rochelle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Pineview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Owensboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Abbeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Musselwhite, with the one closest to Musselwhite listed first.
    • Warwick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuffietown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
    • Oakfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Poulan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Sumner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Sylvester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Musselwhite ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Musselwhite.

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

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

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

  • Musselwhite Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Zion Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rainey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dorough Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Seville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Westview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (250 more) ...
    • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Arabi - Antioch Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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 Musselwhite in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Musselwhite.

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

  • Cordele
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Seville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Arabi
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Richwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Richwood is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Pitts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Vienna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tippettville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tippettville is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippettville
  • Findlay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Findlay is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay
  • Rochelle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Warwick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cobb
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Pinehurst
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Drayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Drayton is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drayton
    • Chokee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
    • Doles
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Doles is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles

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

Newspapers Published in Musselwhite ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Musselwhite.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Musselwhite, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Musselwhite.

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 Musselwhite:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Musselwhite) 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 Musselwhite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.