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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 Sun Hill (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 Sun Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Sun Hill is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Appling, Brantley, Glynn, Long, McIntosh, Pierce & Tattnall.

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

  • Wayne County     (The home county of Sun Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Screven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pendarvis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
    • Jesup
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Doctortown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
    • Odum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Madray Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
  • Appling County
    • Surrency
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bacon County
    • Coffee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Coffee is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
  • Brantley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Hortense
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Raybon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Raybon is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
    • Popwellville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Popwellville is located in Brantley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
    • Nahunta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Waynesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoboken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Waverly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Tarboro is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
  • Charlton County
    • Winokur
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Winokur is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winokur
  • Glynn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Thalmann
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Thalmann is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalmann
    • Altamaha Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
    • Georgetown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Georgetown is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Groveside Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Shady Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
    • Blythe Island
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
      • Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
    • Glynco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dock Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Walthourville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Allenhurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gum Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • Long County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Ludowici
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Donald
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Donald is located in Long County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Townsend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Credit Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
    • Darien
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Offerman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Patterson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bristol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mershon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Blackshear
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sun Hill, with the one closest to Sun Hill listed first.
    • Sunnyside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Jamestown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Waycross
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Waltertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown

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

Cemeteries Near Sun Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sun Hill.

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 Sun Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rogers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Old German Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Duck Pond Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Moody Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Screven Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bennett Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Screven.
  • Satilla Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Thornton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Raulerson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Baxter Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Oaks Memorials
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • New Home Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Offerman Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Memorial Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Screven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hortense
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gardi
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gardi is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
  • Offerman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jesup
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ritch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritch is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritch
  • Patterson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Doctortown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Doctortown is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
  • Odum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nahunta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jamaica
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamaica is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Brentwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Brentwood is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
    • Blackshear
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Pennick is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick

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

Newspapers Published in Sun Hill ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sun Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sun Hill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sun Hill.

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 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 Sun Hill:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sun Hill) 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 Sun Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.