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So far, we found very little information about Scull Shoals. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Scull Shoals to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Scull Shoals, please Contact Us.

Scull Shoals would have been located within present day Greene County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Scull Shoals, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Scull Shoals, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1825.

A typical abbreviation for Scull Shoals: Scull Shls.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Scull Shoals is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Scull Shoals was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Scull Shoals still existed, it would have been in the (706) and (762)<5> area codes.

Communities near Scull Shoals ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Scull Shoals.

  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Chamberlin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamberlin have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
    • Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
  • Cumberland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Cumberland is located in Oconee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
  • Madison
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Madison is located in Morgan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,258 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <6>
  • Cleveland Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland Station have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
    • Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
  • Greensboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Watkinsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkinsville
    • Watkinsville is located in Oconee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkinsville <6>
  • Union Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Spartan Lane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spartan Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
    • Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
  • Winterville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Scull Shoals. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Scull Shoals.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Scull Shoals. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scull Shoals.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Scull Shoals. See our Newspapers Page for Scull Shoals.

Adding Scull Shoals to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Scull Shoals in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Scull Shoals was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Scull Shoals post office opened in 1825.

We also found Scull Shoals on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Scull Shoals.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Scull Shoals, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Scull Shoals - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (762) is an overlay for area code (706).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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