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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 Ogeechee Farms (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 Ogeechee Farms. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Ogeechee Farms is located in Chatham County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chatham County: Bryan, Effingham & Jasper (SC).

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

  • Chatham County     (The home county of Ogeechee Farms)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee Farms, with the one closest to Ogeechee Farms listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grubbs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grubbs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
      • Grubbs is located in Chatham County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Grubbs
      • From Ogeechee Farms to Grubbs
    • Nicholsonville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
      • Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
    • Coffee Bluff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Vernonburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernonburg
      • Vernonburg is located in Chatham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Pooler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pooler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooler
      • Pooler is located in Chatham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,022 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pooler <1>
    • Liberty City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
      • Liberty City is located in Chatham County
    • Richfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
      • Richfield is located in Chatham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,643 people
    • Sharon Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Park
      • Sharon Park is located in Chatham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
    • Union Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
      • Union Junction is located in Chatham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,899 people
    • Abercorn Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alabama Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bryan County
  • Bulloch County
  • Effingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee Farms, with the one closest to Ogeechee Farms listed first.
    • Meldrim
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meldrim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meldrim
      • Meldrim is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meldrim <1>
    • Eden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Exley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
      • Exley is located in Effingham County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
    • Marlow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Rincon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rincon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
      • Rincon is located in Effingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <1>
    • Guyton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Springfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Haddonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haddonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
      • Haddonville is located in Effingham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 965 people
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee Farms, with the one closest to Ogeechee Farms listed first.
    • Fleming
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Midway
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trinity
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
      • Trinity is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,893 people
    • Flemington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Screven Fork
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Screven Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Bryan Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Village
      • Bryan Village is located in Liberty County
    • Doe Run Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Run Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Garden Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Martin Woods
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
      • Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
    • Riceboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riceboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceboro
      • Riceboro is located in Liberty County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riceboro <1>
    • Tupelo Trail
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tupelo Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
      • Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
    • Fort Stewart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • McIntosh County
  • Beaufort County (SC)

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

Cemeteries Near Ogeechee Farms ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ogeechee Farms.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Hopeton Plantation Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Wild Heron Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Woodstock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Wild Horn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wild Horn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wild Horn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gun Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gun Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gun Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cherry Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Waldburgh Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waldburgh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waldburgh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richmond Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Magnolia Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magnolia Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...
    • Brickyard Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brickyard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brickyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Patterson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patterson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Strathy Hall Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strathy Hall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Strathy Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Burroughs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burroughs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
    • Burroughs is located in Chatham County
  • Central Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
    • Central Junction is located in Chatham County
  • Pooler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pooler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooler
    • Pooler is located in Chatham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pooler <1>
  • Bloomingdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Keller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keller. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Keller is located in Bryan County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Keller
    • From Ogeechee Farms to Keller
  • Wheat Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheat Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
    • Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County
  • Isle of Hope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle of Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
    • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
  • Savannah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fleming
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Meldrim
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meldrim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meldrim
    • Meldrim is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meldrim <1>
  • Monteith
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monteith have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
    • Monteith is located in Chatham County
  • Meinhard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meinhard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinhard
    • Meinhard is located in Chatham County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Ogeechee Farms ...

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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogeechee Farms.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ogeechee Farms, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ogeechee Farms.

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 Ogeechee Farms:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ogeechee Farms. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chatham County: www.chathamcounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 Ogeechee Farms, 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 from Point A (ie- Ogeechee Farms) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ogeechee Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9880, Longitude: -81.2569    









 

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