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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 Shivers Mill (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 Shivers Mill. 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 Shivers Mill ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Shivers Mill: Shivers Ml. (or less commonly used: Shivers Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Shivers Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Shivers Mill may originally have been Shiver's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shivers Mill might be written as Shiver Mill.

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 southwest 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 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.

Shivers Mill is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Stewart, Terrell & Webster.

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

  • Randolph County     (The home county of Shivers Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Cuthbert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Coleman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Shellman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Points
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Five Points is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Wades
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Wades is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
    • Brooksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Brooksville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
  • Baker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Milford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Milford is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
    • Anna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Anna is located in Baker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Edison
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Morgan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Arlington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Williamsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Leary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Holt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Holt is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Bellville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellville is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 118 people
    • Bluffton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gaines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Oketeyeconne ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oketeyeconne is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketeyeconne
  • Early County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Bancroft
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Bancroft is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Douglasville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Douglasville is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 11,695 people
    • Blakely
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Damascus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Douglass Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
    • Hentown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hentown is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
    • Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Centerville is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Rock Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Hill is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
  • Quitman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Morris
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hatcher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Hatcher is located in Quitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
    • Georgetown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Georgetown is located in Quitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Stewart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Mount Zion ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Sanford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sanford is located in Stewart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Estimated population in 2019: 159 people
    • Lumpkin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Richland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Terrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Clarks Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
    • Herod
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Herod is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
    • Dawson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Yeomans
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Yeomans is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
    • Parrott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sasser
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bronwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Olivers Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Leveretts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Leveretts is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
    • Weston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Preston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Barbour County (AL)
    • Eufaula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Eufaula is located in Barbour County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eufaula
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eufaula <2>
  • Henry County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shivers Mill, with the one closest to Shivers Mill listed first.
    • Shorterville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Shorterville is located in Henry County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorterville
    • Screamer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Screamer is located in Henry County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
    • Haleburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Haleburg is located in Henry County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Abbeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Shivers Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shivers Mill.

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 Shivers Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Hebron Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Carnegie Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Gilead Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mitchell Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Regan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson Powell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mars Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Stephen's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stephen's Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Edison.
    • The St. Stephen's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Stevens Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36787 <3>
  • Eastview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (205 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vilulah Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Cuthbert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Edison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Folks ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Folks is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folks
  • Coleman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dickey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dickey is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Shellman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bluffton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Morgan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Springvale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Springvale is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Benevolence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Benevolence is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevolence
  • Pecan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pecan is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
  • Arlington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Williamsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Fort Gaines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Leary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Shivers Mill ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shivers Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shivers Mill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shivers Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Shivers Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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 Shivers Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Shivers Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.