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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 Rockingham (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 Rockingham. 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 southwest 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 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.

Rockingham is located in Bacon 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 Bacon County: Appling, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce & Ware.

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

  • Bacon County     (The home county of Rockingham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Alma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Alma is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Coffee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Coffee is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
    • Guysie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
  • Appling County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Phillipi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Phillipi is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
    • Baxley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Surrency
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Graham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Graham is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Axson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brantley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Hoboken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hortense
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Nicholls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • West Green
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Oak Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • Douglas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Broxton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jeff Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Quinn ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
    • Denton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazlehurst
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirkland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
    • Tallahassee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Tallahassee is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallahassee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,185 people
    • Lumber City Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Mershon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackshear
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Patterson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Offerman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Telfair County
    • Lumber City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Waltertown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown
    • Talmo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
    • Jamestown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Waresboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Deenwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
    • Winona Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
    • Waycross
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Emerson Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
    • Millwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruskin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rockingham, with the one closest to Rockingham listed first.
    • Screven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Odum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Madray Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Rockingham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockingham.

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 Rockingham - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rockingham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Holton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • J. Ben Taylor Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Johnsons Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Taylors Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Cemetery
    • The Taylors Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Matilda Cemetery
  • Elisabeth Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ten Mile Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (234 more) ...
    • Sweat Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Springfield Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Harrison Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

While we didn't find Rockingham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockingham.

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

  • Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Beach is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
  • Nicholls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bickley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
  • Wheaton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheaton is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
  • Baxley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Waltertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown
  • Surrency
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Prentiss
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Prentiss is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
  • Ritch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ritch is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritch
  • Pine Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pine Grove is located in Appling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Blackshear
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Patterson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Graham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Graham is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Johnsonville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Johnsonville is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
    • Waresboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Rockingham ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockingham.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockingham, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockingham.

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 helpful 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 Rockingham:

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>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 Rockingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Rockingham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.