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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 Raccoon Bluff (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 Raccoon Bluff. 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 Raccoon Bluff ...

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 Raccoon Bluff: Raccoon Blf. (or less commonly used: Raccoon Bluf.)

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.

Raccoon Bluff is located in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County: Glynn, Liberty, Long & Wayne.

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

  • McIntosh County     (The home county of Raccoon Bluff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raccoon Bluff, with the one closest to Raccoon Bluff listed first.
    • Sapelo Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Valona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Crescent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Meridian
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Shellman Bluff
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Credit Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Townsend
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raccoon Bluff, with the one closest to Raccoon Bluff listed first.
    • Keller
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Fort McAllister
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
  • Glynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raccoon Bluff, with the one closest to Raccoon Bluff listed first.
    • German Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • German Village is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
    • Sea Island
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Groveside Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Country Club Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Country Club Estates is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
    • Epworth Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Epworth Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 480 people
    • Saint Simon Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Simon Mills is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Simon Mills
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 12,743 people
    • Altamaha Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
    • Saint Simons Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Glynco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jewtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jewtown is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewtown
    • Dock Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • King City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • King City is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raccoon Bluff, with the one closest to Raccoon Bluff listed first.
    • Sunbury
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Riceboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Screven Fork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Fleming
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Wayne County
    • Pendarvis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people

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

Cemeteries Near Raccoon Bluff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raccoon Bluff.

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 Raccoon Bluff - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Raccoon Bluff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Behavior Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Sailors Burying Ground
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Julienton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Contentment Plantation Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Troup Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Crescent.
    • The Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Crescent Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Hopkins Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164648 <3>
  • Hutchinson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hudson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cuthbert - Grant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • King Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Nelson Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckley & O'Neal Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gould Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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 Raccoon Bluff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raccoon Bluff.

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

  • Doboy ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
  • Ridgeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Darien
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • South Newport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Newport is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
  • Evelyn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Evelyn is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Pennick
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennick is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
  • Riceboro
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dock Junction
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
  • Dorchester
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Brunswick
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Keller
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Keller is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
  • Mount Pleasant
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Jamaica
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamaica is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
  • Fancy Bluff
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fancy Bluff is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Bluff

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

Newspapers Published in Raccoon Bluff ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raccoon Bluff.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raccoon Bluff, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Raccoon Bluff.

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 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 Raccoon Bluff:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Raccoon Bluff) 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 Raccoon Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.