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 Ridge (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 Ridge. 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.
Name Variations for Pine Ridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Ridge: Pine Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pine Rdge. or Pine Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Ridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Pine Ridge is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Baldwin, Bibb, Jasper, Monroe, Putnam, Twiggs & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Ridge:
- Jones County (The home county of Pine Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Fortville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Haddock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- James
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Morton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Bradley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Pitts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Ethridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- Wayside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Mountain Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Round Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Coopers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Meriwether
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- The Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Hardwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Black Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Mogul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- East Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Cross Keys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Wheeler Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Macon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Payne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Brookhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Bloomfield Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Vinson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Rutland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Lizella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- West Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Butts County
- Flovilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Buckhead ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhead is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
- Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
- Zebulon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zebulon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Elberta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Warner Robins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Calvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Juliette
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smarr
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forsyth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Box Ankle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Echeconnee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Resseaus Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Dennis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Hallwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Eatonton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oconee Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Dry Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Jeffersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Goat Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Deepstep
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ivey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Dedrich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- McIntyre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Irwinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Toomsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Pine Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Ridge.
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 Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Finney Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bullington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bullington Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Gray.
- Fortville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blount - Gray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- State Place Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elam Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam Memorial Gardens
- The Elam Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pickart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- New Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Ridge, with the one closest to Pine Ridge listed first.
- Gray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- James
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Clinton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Bradley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Blountsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blountsville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Brown's Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Wayside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Plentitude ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plentitude is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentitude
- Round Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Lewiston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewiston is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ivey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Stanfordville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stanfordville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfordville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Pine Ridge ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Ridge, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Ridge.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pine Ridge:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bibb County
- Butts County
- Hancock County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Putnam County
- Twiggs County
- Washington County
- Wilkinson 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |