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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 Needmore (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 Needmore. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Needmore is located in Brantley 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 Brantley County: Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce, Ware & Wayne.

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

  • Brantley County     (The home county of Needmore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Hortense
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Raybon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Raybon is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
    • Popwellville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
    • Waynesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nahunta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoboken
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bacon County
    • Coffee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Coffee is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Waverly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
    • White Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Bluff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
    • Jefferson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jefferson is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
    • Ella Park ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ella Park is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
    • Woodbine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazlehurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
  • Charlton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Winokur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Winokur is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
    • Mattox ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mattox is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
  • Glynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Thalmann
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Thalmann is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
    • Georgetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Georgetown is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Altamaha Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
    • Shady Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
    • Groveside Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Blythe Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
      • Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
    • Dock Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Glynco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Country Club Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Country Club Estates is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
    • Brunswick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Long County
    • Ludowici
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Credit Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Townsend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Darien
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Offerman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Patterson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackshear
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Mershon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Sunnyside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Waycross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Deenwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
    • Waltertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown
    • Winona Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
    • Emerson Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
    • Screven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pendarvis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Jesup
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Doctortown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Odum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Madray Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Needmore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Needmore.

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

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

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

  • Baxter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lane Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Satilla Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Raulerson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ammons Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McCool Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Duck Pond Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Grayham Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Little Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...
    • Wiggens Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitaker Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Hortense
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Nahunta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Screven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Offerman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Patterson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jamaica
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jamaica is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
  • Gardi
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Gardi is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
  • Ritch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritch is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritch
  • Jesup
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pennick
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Pennick is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
  • Blackshear
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Tarboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
    • Doctortown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Odum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Needmore ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Needmore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Needmore, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Needmore.

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 Needmore:

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>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 Needmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Needmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.