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Introduction ...

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

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

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 Shinglers (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 Shinglers. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Shinglers is historic, it would have been located within present day Turner 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 Turner County: Ben Hill, Crisp, Irwin, Tift, Wilcox & Worth.

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

  • Turner County     (The home county of Shinglers)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Ashburn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sycamore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rebecca
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hobby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Abba
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Berrien County
    • Enigma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Arabi
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • McKenzie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Cordele
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
    • Lamb Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
  • Dodge County
    • Rhine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Vienna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lilly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinehurst
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Dougherty County
    • Turner City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Turner City is located in Dougherty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner City
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Arp
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mystic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocilla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Philema
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Philema is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philema
    • Chokee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Chokee is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
  • Pulaski County
    • Finleyson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Cobb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • De Soto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • Leslie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Chula
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Abac
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ty Ty
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Phillipsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Tifton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Unionville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Brookfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Omega
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Pitts
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Seville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Owensboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Rochelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pineview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Abbeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shinglers, with the one closest to Shinglers listed first.
    • Cuffietown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Cuffietown is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
    • Warwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sumner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Poulan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylvester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Alfords
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Alfords is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfords
    • East Dougherty
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Dougherty is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dougherty
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,398 people
    • Anderson City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Anderson City is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson City

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

Cemeteries Near Shinglers ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shinglers.

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

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

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

  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sumners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pate Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Whiddon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Widdons Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rainey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (259 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the east of Ashburn.
      • The Live Oak Methtodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Live Oak Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1389829 <3>

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.

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

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

  • Arabi
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pitts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Seville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Abba
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Rochelle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Doles
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Doles is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles
  • Irwinville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cordele
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Warwick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Isabella
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Isabella is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
  • Sumner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sibbie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sylvester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Poulan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Richwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Richwood is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood

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

Newspapers Published in Shinglers ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shinglers.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shinglers, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shinglers.

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 Shinglers:

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 Shinglers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Shinglers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.