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 Saint Marys (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 Saint Marys. 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 Saint Marys ...
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 Saint Marys: St. Marys
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Marys. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Marys.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Saint Marys 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 Saint Marys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Marys:
- Camden County (The home county of Saint Marys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Scotchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- Kingsland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dungeness
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dungeness is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungeness
- London Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- London Hill is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
- Harrietts Bluff Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Woodbine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazlehurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ella Park is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
- White Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tarboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Hickory Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Charlton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Woodstock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,039 people
- Folkston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Homeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Homeland is located in Charlton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Traders Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- 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 Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Brunswick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- King City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- King City is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
- Kings Terrace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kings Terrace is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Terrace
- Estimated population in 2019: 679 people
- Saint Simons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Simons is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Simons
- Blythe Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
- Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
- Jewtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jewtown is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewtown
- Saint Simons Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dock Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
- Epworth Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Epworth Acres is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 480 people
- Saint Simon Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Simon Mills is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Simon Mills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 12,743 people
- Duval County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Polly Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Polly Town is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Town
- Biscayne Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Biscayne Village is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Village
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Mayport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mayport is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayport
- Magnolia Gardens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
- Talleyrand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Talleyrand is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Greenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Atlantic Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Nassau County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Yulee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fernandina Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Amelia City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amelia City is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia City
- Dyal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dyal is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyal
- Nassau Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nassau Village is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau Village
- Callahan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hilliard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Boulogne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Marys, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Marys.
Cemeteries Near Saint Marys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Marys.
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 Saint Marys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Marys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carlton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Pine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carnegie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lawnwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wildes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Higginbotham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stafford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brazell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yulee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bosquebello Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Sheffield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saint Marys had a population of 575 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Saint Marys had a population of 18,854 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Marys, with the one closest to Saint Marys listed first.
- Crandall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crandall is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chester is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Evergreen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Italia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Italia is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
- Kings Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Tompkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Callahan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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 west)
- Tarboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Nassau County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- New Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Berlin is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boulogne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Panama Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Panama Park is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama Park
- Chaseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chaseville is located in Duval County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Marys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Marys.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Saint Marys ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Marys.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Saint Marys. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Saint Marys and those printed in the larger area surrounding Saint Marys.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> of Saint Marys.
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 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 Saint Marys:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Camden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Charlton County
- Glynn County
- Duval County
- Nassau 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 Saint Marys, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Marys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |