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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 Sandy Bottom (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 Sandy Bottom. 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 hospitals 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.

Sandy Bottom is located in Atkinson 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 Atkinson County: Berrien, Clinch, Coffee, Lanier & Ware.

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

  • Atkinson County     (The home county of Sandy Bottom)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Axson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pearson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Leliaton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leliaton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
    • Willacoochee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willacoochee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willacoochee
      • Willacoochee is located in Atkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willacoochee <1>
  • Bacon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Guysie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guysie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
    • Alma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Bacon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Ray City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ray City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray City
      • Ray City is located in Berrien County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ray City <1>
    • Nashville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Berrien County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashville <1>
    • Alapaha
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
    • Homerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Argyle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Du Pont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chauncey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
    • Ernest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ernest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
      • Ernest is located in Clinch County
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Mora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Douglas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Nicholls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Oak Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • West Green
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Green
      • West Green is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Green <1>
  • Echols County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Fruitland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
      • Fruitland is located in Echols County
    • Howell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Howell is located in Echols County
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Lakeland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Lakeland is located in Lanier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeland <1>
    • Stockton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lowndes County
    • Naylor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naylor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Naylor is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naylor <1>
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Bottom, with the one closest to Sandy Bottom listed first.
    • Millwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Manor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
      • Manor is located in Ware County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <1>
    • Talmo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
    • Waresboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ruskin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruskin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Emerson Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
    • Deenwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
    • Jamestown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jamestown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
    • Waltertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown
    • Winona Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
    • Waycross
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Sunnyside
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County

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

Cemeteries Near Sandy Bottom ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Bottom.

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

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

  • Red Bluff Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • White Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Axson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Holmes Chapel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Utah Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Utah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Utah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Arabia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arabia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arabia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walden Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Forest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Forest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kight Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kight Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chauncey Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chauncey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chauncey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (142 more) ...
    • Tison Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tison Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Victory Methodist Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<5> to the southeast of Waresboro.
      • The Telmore Pentacostal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Telmore Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188939 <4>

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>

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

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

  • Millwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Homerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Manor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
    • Manor is located in Ware County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <1>
  • Glenmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenmore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
  • Du Pont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Waresboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Bickley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bickley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
  • Needham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Needham is located in Ware County
  • Douglas
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Waltertown
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown
  • Beach
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Beach is located in Ware County
  • Waycross
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Nicholls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Withers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Withers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
      • Withers is located in Clinch County
    • Naylor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naylor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Naylor is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naylor <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Sandy Bottom ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Bottom.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Bottom, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Bottom.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Sandy Bottom:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sandy Bottom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sandy Bottom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandy Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1910, Longitude: -82.7568       In this case, the coordinates for Sandy Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Sandy Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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