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 Paxton (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 Paxton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Paxton is located in Charlton 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 Charlton County: Baker (FL), Nassau (FL), Brantley, Camden & Ware.
Below are the counties that are near Paxton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paxton:
- Charlton County (The home county of Paxton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Homeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Folkston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mattox ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mattox is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
- Traders Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Winokur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winokur is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
- Saint George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Hoboken
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nahunta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Raybon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Raybon is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Hazlehurst
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Tarboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Woodbine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- London Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- London Hill is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
- Scotchville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- Saint Marys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Emerson Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson Park is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
- Ruskin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruskin is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
- Waycross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Boulogne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hilliard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dyal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Evergreen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Callahan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nassau Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nassau Village is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paxton, see our County-by-County Page for Paxton.
Cemeteries Near Paxton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paxton.
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 Paxton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paxton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Neeley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sardis Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Folkston.
- The Sardis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sardis Church Cemetery
- Homeland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Phoebe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Traders Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Road Cemetery
- The Bryant Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Traders Hill Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornhouse Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lowther Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- O'Berry Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Paxton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paxton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paxton, with the one closest to Paxton listed first.
- Uptonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Uptonville is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
- Traders Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Folkston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boulogne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Racepond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Racepond is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
- Hilliard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Tompkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Tarboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Evergreen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Braganza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Braganza is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braganza
- Callahan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Nahunta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Italia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Italia is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paxton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paxton.
Newspapers Published in Paxton ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paxton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paxton, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paxton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Paxton:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Charlton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Camden County
- Ware County
- Nassau County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paxton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Paxton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |