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 Rock Fence Crossroads (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 Rock Fence Crossroads. 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 Rock Fence Crossroads ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Rock Fence Crossroads: Rock Fence Xrds.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Rock Fence Crossroads is primarily located in Burke County. A portion of Rock Fence Crossroads extends into Screven 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 Burke County: Emanuel, Jefferson, Jenkins, Richmond, Screven, Aiken (SC), Allendale (SC) & Barnwell (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Rock Fence Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Fence Crossroads:
- Burke County (The home county of Rock Fence Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Girard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sardis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Munnerlyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Thomas Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Waynesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Perkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Millen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Emmalane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Richmond County
- Nixon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Screven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Millhaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millhaven is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Hilltonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltonia is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
- Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
- Hiltonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Zeigler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zeigler is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Captolo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Captolo is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
- Rocky Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cooperville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cooperville is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Newington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Aiken County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Bush ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bush is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Cowden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cowden is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
- Hawthorne ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hawthorne is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talatha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Talatha is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
- Kathwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kathwood is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathwood
- Browns Hill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Hill is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Hill
- New Ellenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Allendale County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairfax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sycamore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ulmer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bamberg County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Olar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olar is located in Bamberg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
- Govan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Govan is located in Bamberg County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Barnwell County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Hattieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hattieville is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Kline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Snelling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snelling is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Barnwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hilda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Williston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elko
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elko is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
- Reynold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reynold is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
- Blackville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Gifford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brunson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Luray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pond Town is located in Hampton County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
- Estill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crocketville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scotia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Fence Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Fence Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Rock Fence Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Fence Crossroads.
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 Rock Fence Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Fence Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Corinth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Corinth Christian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dalton MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Furse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old McCaannan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Godbee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Rock Fence Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Fence Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Fence Crossroads, with the one closest to Rock Fence Crossroads listed first.
- Hattieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hattieville is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Millhaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millhaven is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Girard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Sardis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dunbarton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dunbarton is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Bascom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bascom is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
- Allendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Snelling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snelling is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Greenland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Greenland is located in Barnwell County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Alexander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Alexander is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Sylvania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Zeigler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zeigler is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
- Fairfax
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sycamore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Fence Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Fence Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Rock Fence Crossroads ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Fence Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Fence Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Fence Crossroads.
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 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 Rock Fence Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Burke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jenkins County
- Richmond County
- Screven County
- Aiken County
- Allendale County
- Bamberg County
- Barnwell County
- Hampton 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> | 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. |
| <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 Rock Fence Crossroads, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Fence Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |