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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 Soperton (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 Soperton. 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.

Soperton is located in Treutlen County and is the County Seat.

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 Treutlen County: Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs & Wheeler.

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

  • Treutlen County     (The home county of Soperton)
  • Candler County
    • Canoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
      • Canoe is located in Candler County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
  • Dodge County
    • Plainfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Dodge County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 716 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainfield <2>
  • Emanuel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soperton, with the one closest to Soperton listed first.
    • Norristown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norristown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
      • Norristown is located in Emanuel County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <2>
    • Oak Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Nunez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunez
      • Nunez is located in Emanuel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunez <2>
    • Swainsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swainsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swainsboro
      • Swainsboro is located in Emanuel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swainsboro <2>
    • Stillmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillmore
      • Stillmore is located in Emanuel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stillmore <2>
    • Blun
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blundale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson County
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soperton, with the one closest to Soperton listed first.
    • Rockledge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockledge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
      • Rockledge is located in Laurens County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockledge <2>
    • Cedar Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Dublin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lovett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dublin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Laurens County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
    • Rentz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rentz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rentz
      • Rentz is located in Laurens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rentz <2>
    • Cadwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tuckers Crossroad
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuckers Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
      • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
    • Dexter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Dudley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soperton, with the one closest to Soperton listed first.
    • Tarrytown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarrytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
      • Tarrytown is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarrytown <2>
    • Ailey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mount Vernon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Higgston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higgston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
      • Higgston is located in Montgomery County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Petross
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petross
      • Petross is located in Montgomery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Petross
      • From Soperton to Petross
    • Alston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Uvalda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Tattnall County
  • Telfair County
  • Toombs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soperton, with the one closest to Soperton listed first.
    • Charles
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
      • Charles is located in Toombs County
    • Vidalia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyons
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Claus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Claus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
      • Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Rock Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Ohoopee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Crossing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Toombs Central
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toombs Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toombs Central
      • Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
  • Wheeler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soperton, with the one closest to Soperton listed first.
    • Ochwalkee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ochwalkee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochwalkee
      • Ochwalkee is located in Wheeler County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,732 people
    • Glenwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Alamo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Soperton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soperton.

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

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

  • Love Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Zaidee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zaidee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zaidee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hooks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hooks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fowlers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fowlers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fowlers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barnhill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Burner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calhoun Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calhoun Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calhoun Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hutchinson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hutchinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Joyce Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Joyce Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Joyce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gillis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gillis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (317 more) ...
    • Cooper Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Gov Troup Gravesite
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Braddy Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Braddy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Braddy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Soperton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Soperton.

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

  • Kibbee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kibbee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbee
    • Kibbee is located in Montgomery County
  • Adrian
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Tweed
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tweed have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tweed
    • Tweed is located in Laurens County
  • Covena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covena
    • Covena is located in Emanuel County
  • Hatoff ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatoff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatoff
    • Hatoff is located in Laurens County
  • Mount Vernon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ailey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • McGregor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGregor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
    • McGregor is located in Montgomery County
  • Higgston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higgston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
    • Higgston is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
  • Vidalia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Walkee ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkee
    • Walkee is located in Laurens County
  • Nunez
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nunez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunez
    • Nunez is located in Emanuel County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunez <2>
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Condor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Condor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condor
      • Condor is located in Laurens County
    • Lovett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Swainsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swainsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swainsboro
      • Swainsboro is located in Emanuel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swainsboro <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Soperton ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soperton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Soperton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Soperton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Soperton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5> of Soperton.

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 Soperton:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Soperton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Soperton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3776, Longitude: -82.5922    
<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 Soperton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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