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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 Potter (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 Potter. 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 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.

Potter is located in Echols 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 Echols County: Columbia (FL), Hamilton (FL), Clinch, Lanier & Lowndes.

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

  • Echols County     (The home county of Potter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Statenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statenville
      • Statenville is located in Echols County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Statenville <2>
    • Fruitland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
      • Fruitland is located in Echols County
    • Howell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Howell is located in Echols County
  • Brooks County
    • McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntyre Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
      • McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 605 people
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Ernest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ernest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
      • Ernest is located in Clinch County
    • Fargo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Du Pont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Chauncey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
    • Homerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Stockton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lakeland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Lakeland is located in Lanier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeland <2>
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Melrose
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
      • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
    • Lake Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Dasher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dasher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Naylor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Naylor is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naylor <2>
    • Clyattville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Valdosta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Remerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remerton
      • Remerton is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Barko Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barko Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barko Village
      • Barko Village is located in Lowndes County
    • Mineola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
      • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
  • Hamilton County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Bakers Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bakers Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
      • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • Jasper
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
      • Jasper is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <2>
    • Jennings
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Marion
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Marion is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • White Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Leland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
      • Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
    • Pinetta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Lee is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
    • Cherry Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
      • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County (FL)
  • Suwannee County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Potter, with the one closest to Potter listed first.
    • Rixford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rixford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
      • Rixford is located in Suwannee County (FL)
    • Live Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Suwannee County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,990 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Live Oak <2>
    • Padlock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Padlock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
      • Padlock is located in Suwannee County (FL)
    • Wellborn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Potter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Potter.

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

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

  • Nunn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nunn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nunn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • White Chimney Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Chimney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Chimney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bluff Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sasser Landing Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sasser Landing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sasser Landing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Geiger Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geiger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geiger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • 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.
  • Carter Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Taylor Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the northwest of Jasper (FL).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2235576 <5>
  • Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Spring Branch Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Nunn Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nunn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nunn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<6>

While we didn't find Potter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Potter.

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

  • Tarver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
    • Tarver is located in Echols County
  • Bakers Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bakers Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
    • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
  • Statenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statenville
    • Statenville is located in Echols County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Statenville <2>
  • Avoca
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
    • Avoca is located in Hamilton County (FL)
  • Jasper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
    • Jasper is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <2>
  • Jennings
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Melrose
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
  • Marion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Marion is located in Hamilton County (FL)
  • Withers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Withers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
    • Withers is located in Clinch County
  • Octahatchee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Octahatchee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octahatchee
    • Octahatchee is located in Hamilton County (FL)
  • Lake Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Genoa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genoa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
    • Genoa is located in Hamilton County (FL)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dasher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dasher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Benton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Benton is located in Columbia County (FL)
    • Rixford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rixford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
      • Rixford is located in Suwannee County (FL)

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

Newspapers Published in Potter ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Potter.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Potter, 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 Potter.

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 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 Potter:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Potter. 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 '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- Potter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6469, Longitude: -82.9332       In this case, the coordinates for Potter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Potter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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