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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rehoboth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rehoboth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rehoboth, please Contact Us.
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 Rehoboth (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 Rehoboth. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rehoboth is historic, it would have been located within present day Morgan 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 Morgan County: Greene, Jasper, Newton, Oconee, Putnam & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Rehoboth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rehoboth:
- Morgan County (The home county of Rehoboth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Bostwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smyrna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Rutledge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Statham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Winder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Pine Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Cleveland Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Chamberlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Riverside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Jefferson Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Winterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Greensboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Union Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Siloam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Loganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dacula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robin Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Grayson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Attica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nicholson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hoschton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Braselton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Pendergrass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Shady Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Calvin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Hull
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Colbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Planter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Comer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Danielsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Hub Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- East Wood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Dixie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Newborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Mansfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Mansfield Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Porterdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North High Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Bishop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Marshall Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Eastville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Watkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spartan Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Overlook Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Osceola Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Bogart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Maxeys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arnoldsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Veribest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Putnam County
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Zingara
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Milstead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Campton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Social Circle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Between
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Jersey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Split Silk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Walnut Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Youth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rehoboth, see our County-by-County Page for Rehoboth.
Cemeteries Near Rehoboth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rehoboth.
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 Rehoboth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rehoboth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Perry MB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wagnon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bostwick Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- William Ruark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sheats - Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Farmington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitlock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thrasher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.
Rehoboth itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rehoboth, with the one closest to Rehoboth listed first.
- Bostwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- High Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bishop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Watkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eastville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Fairplay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplay is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Rutledge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dorsey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Whitney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Greshamville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greshamville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshamville
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rehoboth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rehoboth.
Newspapers Published in Rehoboth ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rehoboth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rehoboth, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rehoboth.
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 Rehoboth:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale County
- Walton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rehoboth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rehoboth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |