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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 Riceboro (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 Riceboro. 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 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 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.

Riceboro is located in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Bryan, Evans, Long, McIntosh & Tattnall.

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

  • Liberty County     (The home county of Riceboro)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Screven Fork
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Screven Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
      • Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
    • Midway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sunbury
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fleming
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Allenhurst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Walthourville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthourville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthourville
      • Walthourville is located in Liberty County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,065 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walthourville <2>
    • Cherokee Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
      • Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
    • Doe Run Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Run Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Flemington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Tupelo Trail
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tupelo Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
      • Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
    • Hinesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bryan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Keller
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keller have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
      • Keller is located in Bryan County
    • Richmond Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort McAllister
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
      • Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
    • Ellabell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pembroke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pembroke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
      • Pembroke is located in Bryan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembroke <2>
  • Chatham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ogeechee Farms
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee Farms
      • Ogeechee Farms is located in Chatham County
    • Coffee Bluff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
      • Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
    • Grubbs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubbs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
      • Grubbs is located in Chatham County
    • Montgomery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
      • Montgomery is located in Chatham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,719 people
    • Nicholsonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
      • Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
    • Vernonburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vernonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernonburg
      • Vernonburg is located in Chatham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Skidaway Island
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skidaway Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
      • Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County
    • Abercorn Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
      • Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County
    • Isle of Hope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle of Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
      • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
    • Liberty City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
      • Liberty City is located in Chatham County
    • Pooler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pooler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooler
      • Pooler is located in Chatham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,022 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pooler <2>
  • Effingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Meldrim
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meldrim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meldrim
      • Meldrim is located in Effingham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meldrim <2>
    • Eden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Glynn County
    • Altamaha Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
  • Long County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Ludowici
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludowici have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludowici
      • Ludowici is located in Long County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludowici <2>
    • Donald
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Donald is located in Long County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Shellman Bluff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Townsend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townsend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
      • Townsend is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Townsend <2>
    • Credit Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
    • Crescent
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Valona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Meridian
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doboy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Darien
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Sapelo Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sapelo Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapelo Island
      • Sapelo Island is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sapelo Island <2>
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceboro, with the one closest to Riceboro listed first.
    • Pendarvis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendarvis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Jesup
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Riceboro ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riceboro.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riceboro, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riceboro.

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 Riceboro:

Cemeteries Near Riceboro ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riceboro.

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

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

  • Pando Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pando Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pando Cemetery
  • New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • First Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • First African Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • First Anderson Grove Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Branson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Branson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Branson Cemetery
  • Dorchester Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Dorchester Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Dorchester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Dorchester Cemetery
  • Old Dorchester Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Dorchester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Dorchester Cemetery
  • Thebes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thebes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thebes Cemetery
  • Midway UMC Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
  • Continue List   (135 more) ...
    • McIntosh Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McIntosh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McIntosh Cemetery
    • Sunbury Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • St. James Community Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Riceboro had a population of 60 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Riceboro had a population of 765 people.

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

  • Dorchester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Dorchester is located in Liberty County
  • South Newport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
    • South Newport is located in McIntosh County
  • McIntosh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • McIntosh is located in Liberty County
  • Fleming
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Walthourville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthourville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthourville
    • Walthourville is located in Liberty County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,065 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walthourville <2>
  • Flemington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hinesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Keller
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keller have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Keller is located in Bryan County
  • Taylors Creek ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylors Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Creek
    • Taylors Creek is located in Liberty County
  • Gum Branch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
    • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • Burroughs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burroughs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
    • Burroughs is located in Chatham County
  • Ridgeville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Doctortown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctortown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
    • Doboy ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doboy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
      • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
    • Gardi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
      • Gardi is located in Wayne County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riceboro. 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Riceboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riceboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7263, Longitude: -81.4438       In this case, the coordinates for Riceboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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 Riceboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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