Welcome to Needham ...
Needham is located in Ware County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Needham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.
Needham is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Needham lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Needham: 912
Communities Also Named Needham ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Needham - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana and Massachusetts.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Needham.
Communities near Needham ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Needham.
- Waycross
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waltertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
- Waltertown is located in Ware County
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
- Waltertown has also been known as:
- Watertown
- Blackshear
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoboken
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Argyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
- Deenwood is located in Ware County
- Winona Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
- Winona Park is located in Ware County
- Waresboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunnyside is located in Ware County
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Ware County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Needham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Needham.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Needham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Needham.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Needham. See our Newspapers Page for Needham.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Needham ...
Looking for more information about Needham? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Needham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Needham.
Adding Needham to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Needham in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Needham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Needham post office opened in 1881.
We also found Needham on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Needham.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Ware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Needham - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |