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 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 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.
Potter is located in Echols 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 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)
- Fruitland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Howell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Howell is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Brooks County
- McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
- 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)
- Ernest is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
- 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)
- Chauncey is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
- 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)
- 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)
- Melrose is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Lake Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dasher
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dasher is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Naylor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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)
- Remerton is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Barko Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barko Village is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barko Village
- Mineola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mineola is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
- 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)
- Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
- Jasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- 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)
- Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Pinetta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lee is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <1>
- Cherry Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Lake is located in Madison County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- 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)
- Rixford is located in Suwannee County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Live Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Padlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- 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.
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 Potter - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- White Chimney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bluff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sasser Landing Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Geiger Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carter Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carter Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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 (82 more) ...
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nunn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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 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)
- Tarver is located in Echols County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
- Bakers Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
- Statenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Jasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Melrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Melrose is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Withers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Withers is located in Clinch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
- Octahatchee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Octahatchee is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octahatchee
- Lake Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Genoa is located in Hamilton County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dasher
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dasher is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Columbia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Rixford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rixford is located in Suwannee County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
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]<2>. 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 begin with 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:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Echols County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brooks County
- Clinch County
- Lanier County
- Lowndes County
- Hamilton County
- Madison County
- Suwannee 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 from Point A (ie- Potter) 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 Potter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |