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 Rains Landing (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 Rains Landing. 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 Rains Landing ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Rains Landing: Rains Lndg. (or less commonly used: Rains Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Rains Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rains Landing may originally have been Rain's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rains Landing might be written as Rain Landing.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rains Landing is located in Camden 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 Camden County: Nassau (FL), Brantley, Charlton & Glynn.
Below are the counties that are near Rains Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rains Landing:
- Camden County (The home county of Rains Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Tarboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Hazlehurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
- White Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodbine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ella Park is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
- Hickory Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Kingsland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- London Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- London Hill is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
- Scotchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Nahunta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Waynesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Raybon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Raybon is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
- Hoboken
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hortense
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Popwellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Popwellville is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
- Charlton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Winokur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Winokur is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Homeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Mattox ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mattox is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
- Folkston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Traders Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Glynn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Blythe Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
- Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
- Thalmann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thalmann is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
- Brunswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dock Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
- Shady Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
- Glynco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Groveside Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Blackshear
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Offerman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Sunnyside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Waycross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Boulogne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hilliard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Dyal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Callahan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rains Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Rains Landing.
Cemeteries Near Rains Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rains Landing.
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 Rains Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rains Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- O'Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Burnt Fort Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lowther Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dowling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baileys Mill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manning Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (117 more) ...
- Green Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Knox Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Rains Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rains Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rains Landing, with the one closest to Rains Landing listed first.
- Tarboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Tompkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Uptonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uptonville is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptonville
- Folkston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Racepond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Racepond is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
- Nahunta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Traders Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Traders Hill is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traders Hill
- Kings Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Boulogne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ella Park is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
- Hilliard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Fancy Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Bluff is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Bluff
- Braganza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Braganza is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braganza
- Jamaica
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jamaica is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rains Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rains Landing.
Newspapers Published in Rains Landing ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rains Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rains Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rains Landing.
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 Rains Landing:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Camden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Charlton County
- Glynn County
- Pierce County
- Ware County
- Nassau County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Rains Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rains Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |