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 Pine Hill (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 Pine Hill. 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.
Pine Hill is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Burke, Emanuel, Glascock, Johnson, McDuffie, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Hill:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Pine Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Moxley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Louisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wadley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Bartow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Zebina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Wrens Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Wrens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Omaha Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
- Matthews
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stapleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Avera
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Magruder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Rosier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Vidette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Gough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Midville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Drone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Saint Clair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Keysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Waynesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Colemans Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Blundale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Summertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blun
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Swainsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glascock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Edge Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Perkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Emmalane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Thrift
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Millen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Kite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wrightsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Adrian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Laurens County
- Lovett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lovett is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
- McDuffie County
- Megahee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Blythe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hephzibah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Davisboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riddleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tennille
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Warthen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pine Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Hill.
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 Pine Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Plunkett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pierce Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glenn Temple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freedom Fellowship Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bentley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Causey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bartow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Street Place Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Wadley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35037 <2>
- McBride Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pine Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
- Moxley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Louisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wadley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bartow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Pinetucky ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pinetucky is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetucky
- Midville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riddleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Summertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Pringle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pringle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Clair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Stellaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stellaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellaville
- Wrens
(17 miles [27.4 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 Pine Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pine Hill ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Hill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pine Hill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Emanuel County
- Glascock County
- Jenkins County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- McDuffie County
- Richmond County
- Washington 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pine Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pine Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |