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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Ogeechee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ogeechee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ogeechee, please Contact Us.

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 (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. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ogeechee is historic, it would have been located within present day Screven 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 Screven County: Bulloch, Burke, Effingham, Jenkins, Allendale (SC) & Hampton (SC).

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

  • Screven County     (The home county of Ogeechee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee, with the one closest to Ogeechee listed first.
    • Rocky Ford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
      • Rocky Ford is located in Screven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Ford <3>
    • Cooperville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cameron
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Screven County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
    • Captolo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Captolo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
      • Captolo is located in Screven County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Captolo
      • From Ogeechee to Captolo
    • Zeigler
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sylvania
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Newington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington
      • Newington is located in Screven County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newington <3>
    • Oliver
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilltonia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltonia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
      • Hilltonia is located in Screven County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
    • Hiltonia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Millhaven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Bulloch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee, with the one closest to Ogeechee listed first.
    • Clito
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kites Spur ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kites Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
      • Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
    • Portal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
      • Portal is located in Bulloch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portal <3>
    • Statesboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesboro
      • Statesboro is located in Bulloch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Statesboro <3>
    • Olde Towne
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olde Towne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde Towne
      • Olde Towne is located in Bulloch County
    • Aaron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Eagle Court
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Court have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
      • Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
    • Leefield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooklet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Register
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Register have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
      • Register is located in Bulloch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Register <3>
    • New Hope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Hope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • New Hope is located in Bulloch County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Hope
      • From Ogeechee to New Hope
    • Hubert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee, with the one closest to Ogeechee listed first.
    • Sardis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Munnerlyn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Munnerlyn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
      • Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Munnerlyn
      • From Ogeechee to Munnerlyn
    • Girard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Midville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thomas Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
      • Thomas Station is located in Burke County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
  • Candler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee, with the one closest to Ogeechee listed first.
    • Pulaski
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Metter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Canoe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
      • Canoe is located in Candler County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
  • Effingham County
  • Emanuel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ogeechee, with the one closest to Ogeechee listed first.
    • Garfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Twin City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Stillmore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillmore
      • Stillmore is located in Emanuel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stillmore <3>
    • Summertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summertown
      • Summertown is located in Emanuel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summertown <3>
  • Jenkins County
  • Hampton County (SC)

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

Cemeteries Near Ogeechee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ogeechee.

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 covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Donaldson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donaldson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donaldson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wades Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wades Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wades Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Simmons Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Springhead Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springhead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springhead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Douglas Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Beasley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beasley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beasley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hendrix Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hendrix Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hendrix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Double Heads Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (267 more) ...
    • Daughtry Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daughtry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daughtry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Temple Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Branon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Branon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Branon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.

Ogeechee itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 73 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Blitch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blitch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitch
    • Blitch is located in Bulloch County
  • Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rocky Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Rocky Ford is located in Screven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Ford <3>
  • Cameron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Cameron is located in Screven County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 5,012 people
  • Clito
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Goloid
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goloid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goloid
    • Goloid is located in Screven County
  • Woodcliff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
    • Woodcliff is located in Screven County
  • Captolo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Captolo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
    • Captolo is located in Screven County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Captolo
    • From Ogeechee to Captolo
  • Zeigler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Halcyondale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyondale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyondale
    • Halcyondale is located in Screven County
  • Sylvania
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oliver
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Jimps
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jimps have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimps
      • Jimps is located in Bulloch County
    • Bascom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bascom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
      • Bascom is located in Screven County
    • Emit
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emit
      • Emit is located in Bulloch County

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

Newspapers Published in Ogeechee ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ogeechee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ogeechee, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ogeechee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Ogeechee:

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ogeechee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ogeechee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6201, Longitude: -81.7653    









 

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