Our Genealogy Helper
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 Summertown (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 Summertown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Summertown is located in Emanuel 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 Emanuel County: Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs & Treutlen.
Below are the counties that are near Summertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summertown:
- Emanuel County (The home county of Summertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Blun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Colemans Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Blundale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Swainsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Twin City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nunez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Norristown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stillmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bulloch County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Aaron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aaron is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Kites Spur ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kites Spur is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kites Spur
- Estimated population in 2019: 227 people
- Portal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Midville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Magruder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Rosier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Vidette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Drone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Gough
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Munnerlyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
- Thomas Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,752 people
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Saint Clair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Waynesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Candler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Canoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Canoe is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
- Metter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Old Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Wadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Bartow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Zebina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Jenkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Thrift
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thrift is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrift
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,623 people
- Emmalane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Emmalane is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmalane
- Millen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Perkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scarboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scarboro is located in Jenkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Kite
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Lovett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lovett is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
- Screven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Rocky Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ogeechee is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee
- Former name for Ogeechee:
- Oguchee
- Treutlen County
- Gillis Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gillis Springs is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis Springs
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Davisboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riddleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Harrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Summertown, see our County-by-County Page for Summertown.
Cemeteries Near Summertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summertown.
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 Summertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Summertown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Garbutts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bishops Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colemans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McKinzie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sherrod Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Midville City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Moxley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Summertown had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Summertown had a population of 156 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summertown, with the one closest to Summertown listed first.
- Midville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Modoc is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Canoochee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canoochee is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoochee
- Pinetucky ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pinetucky is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetucky
- Swainsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moxley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Kite
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bartow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Nunez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Covena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Covena is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covena
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stillmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summertown.
Newspapers Published in Summertown ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summertown, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Summertown.
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 Summertown:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Emanuel County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bulloch County
- Burke County
- Candler County
- Jefferson County
- Jenkins County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- Screven County
- Treutlen County
- Washington 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> | 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 Summertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Summertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |