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 Neals Landing (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 Neals Landing. 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 Neals Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Neals Landing: Neals Lndg. (or less commonly used: Neals Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Neals Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Neals Landing may originally have been Neal's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Neals Landing might be written as Neal Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Neals Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Neals Landing.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Neals Landing is located in Seminole 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 Seminole County: Houston (AL), Jackson (FL), Decatur, Early & Miller.
Below are the counties that are near Neals Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neals Landing:
- Seminole County (The home county of Neals Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Steam Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Steam Mill is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
- Donalsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Butlers Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
- Reynoldsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Brinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Recovery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
- Bainbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Faceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Faceville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
- Fowlstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Early County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Jakin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Springfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Springfield is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
- Cedar Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sawhatchee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sawhatchee is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawhatchee
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Hentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hentown is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
- Rock Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rock Hill is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
- Blakely
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Damascus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Douglass Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Mayhaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayhaw is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Floydtown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
- Boykin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boykin is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Colquitt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henry County (AL)
- Haleburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Haleburg is located in Henry County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Houston County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Gordon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Cottonwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ashford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barber is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Hodgesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hodgesville is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgesville
- Cowarts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keyton's
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Keyton's is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyton's
- Madrid
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Madrid is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 293 people
- Williams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williams is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Webb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Webb is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webb <2>
- Calhoun County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Ocheesee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
- Altha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gadsden County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Chattahoochee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- River Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- River Junction is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Jackson County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Parramore ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parramore is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
- Bascom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Two Egg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Two Egg is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
- Malone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Butler ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Butler is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Cypress
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grand Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Inwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Inwood is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Sneads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Marianna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Neals Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Neals Landing.
Cemeteries Near Neals Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neals Landing.
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 Neals Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neals Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Dickenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brunson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bazzell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hammock Springs FWB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Danley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebrew Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coonrod Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Owens - Bellview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Live Oak (AME) Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Nubbin Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Neals Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Neals Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neals Landing, with the one closest to Neals Landing listed first.
- Bascom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jakin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spooner is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Horns Cross Road ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Horns Cross Road is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Cross Road
- Cedar Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mayhaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayhaw is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
- Twilight ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twilight is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Cypress
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marianna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Inwood is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sneads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ashford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colquitt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Neals Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neals Landing.
Newspapers Published in Neals Landing ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neals Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neals Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neals Landing.
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 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 Neals Landing:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Seminole County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Early County
- Miller County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Calhoun County
- Gadsden County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Neals Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Neals Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |