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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 Pitts (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 Pitts. 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 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 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.

Pitts is located in Wilcox 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 Wilcox County: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair & Turner.

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

  • Wilcox County     (The home county of Pitts)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Seville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seville
      • Seville is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seville <2>
    • Rochelle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
      • Rochelle is located in Wilcox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochelle <2>
    • Pineview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Abbeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Ben Hill County
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • McKenzie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McKenzie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to McKenzie
      • From Pitts to McKenzie
    • Lamb Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamb Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
    • Arabi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cordele
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milldale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Rhine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
      • Rhine is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhine <2>
    • Eastman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Empire
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Vienna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinehurst
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lilly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lilly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
      • Lilly is located in Dooly County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lilly <2>
    • Unadilla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unadilla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
      • Unadilla is located in Dooly County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unadilla <2>
    • Byromville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dooling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dooling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Houston County
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Arp
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Irwinville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwinville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwinville
      • Irwinville is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwinville <2>
    • Mystic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
      • Mystic is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mystic <2>
    • Ocilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocilla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocilla
      • Ocilla is located in Irwin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,722 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocilla <2>
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Philema
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chokee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pulaski County
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Cobb
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • De Soto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Telfair County
    • Milan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
      • Milan is located in Telfair County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <2>
  • Tift County
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ashburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sycamore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hobby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobby have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pitts, with the one closest to Pitts listed first.
    • Cuffietown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuffietown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
    • Warwick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Oakfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
      • Oakfield is located in Worth County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakfield <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Pitts ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pitts.

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

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

  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pitts City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pitts City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pitts City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Snow Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snow Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snow Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Owens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fitzgerald Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fitzgerald Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fitzgerald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Christian Home Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christian Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christian Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hannah Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (265 more) ...

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pitts had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Pitts had a population of 287 people.

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

  • Seville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seville
    • Seville is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seville <2>
  • Rochelle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Rochelle is located in Wilcox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochelle <2>
  • Tippettville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tippettville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippettville
    • Tippettville is located in Dooly County
  • Arabi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cordele
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Sibbie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sibbie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
  • Richwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Richwood is located in Dooly County
  • Abba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Copeland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copeland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Copeland is located in Dodge County
  • Vienna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Findlay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Findlay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay
    • Findlay is located in Dooly County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Rhine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
      • Rhine is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhine <2>
    • Pinehurst
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Irwinville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwinville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwinville
      • Irwinville is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwinville <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Pitts ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pitts.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pitts, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pitts.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Pitts:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- Pitts) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pitts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9448, Longitude: -83.5407    
<5>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.
<6>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 Pitts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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