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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 Sofkee Estates (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 Sofkee Estates. 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 Sofkee Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sofkee Estates: Sofkee Ests.
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 doctors and 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.
Sofkee Estates is located in Bibb 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 Bibb County: Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach & Twiggs.
Below are the counties that are near Sofkee Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sofkee Estates:
- Bibb County (The home county of Sofkee Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Lizella
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Brookhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Bloomfield Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Vinson Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Payne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rutland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Walden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Cross Keys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- East Macon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Knoxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Musella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lee Pope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Zenith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elberta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Warner Robins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stathams Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Bonaire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodard Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Perry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kathleen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clinchfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- Hillsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Belvedere Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Pitts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Morton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Mountain Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Gray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Bradley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- James
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Round Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Goggins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Barnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aldora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Liberty Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Milner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macon County
- Marshallville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Smarr
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Forsyth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Culloden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Juliette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Box Ankle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Echeconnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Taylors Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Fort Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Miami Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Washington Square
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Washington Square is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Reynolds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Carsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Huber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Dry Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Jeffersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- The Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Lincoln Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Brooks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ivey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sofkee Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Sofkee Estates.
Cemeteries Near Sofkee Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sofkee Estates.
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 Sofkee Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sofkee Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Dennis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Bibb Primitive Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McCallum / Hart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rogers CME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cloud Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- The Spring Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37119 <3>
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- Waldron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waldron Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest of Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37561 <3>
- Bloomfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Macon Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macon Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- The Macon Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Macon Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35131 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Sofkee Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sofkee Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sofkee Estates, with the one closest to Sofkee Estates listed first.
- Lizella
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Montpelier ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montpelier is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Sandy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sandy Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Lorane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lorane is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Bamah ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bamah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamah
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bolingbroke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Echeconnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Rutland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Ceres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ceres is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
- Walden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Sofkee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Knoxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sofkee Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sofkee Estates.
Newspapers Published in Sofkee Estates ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sofkee Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sofkee Estates, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sofkee Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Sofkee Estates:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bibb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Macon County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Taylor County
- Twiggs County
- Upson County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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- Sofkee Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sofkee Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |