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 Tanner (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 Tanner. 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 hospitals and 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.
Tanner is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Tanner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tanner:
- Washington County (The home county of Tanner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Tennille
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riddleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Davisboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warthen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deepstep
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Goat Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Gardner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
- Oconee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Black Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- The Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Hardwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Rosier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Vidette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Magruder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Gough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Blundale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Colemans Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Glascock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Edge Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mitchell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gibson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Zebulon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhead ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhead is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
- Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Stapletons Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Bartow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Avera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moxley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Wadley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stapleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wrens Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Old Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Zebina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Wrens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Wrightsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kite
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Tuckers Crossroad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
- Lovett
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lovett is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
- East Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Jewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Warrenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Beech Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
- Toomsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Irwinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McIntyre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dedrich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tanner, see our County-by-County Page for Tanner.
Cemeteries Near Tanner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tanner.
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 Tanner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tanner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Henderson Grove AME Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sisters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Washington County Memorial Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Newsome Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gordon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sinquefield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandersville City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brownwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (483 more) ...
- Pate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pete Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tennille Zeta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Tanner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tanner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tanner, with the one closest to Tanner listed first.
- Sun Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sun Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Tennille
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riddleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Downs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Downs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Warthen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lindsey ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Chalker ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chalker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalker
- Pringle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pringle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Deepstep
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hebron is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oconee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Agricola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Bartow
(16 miles [25.7 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 Tanner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tanner.
Newspapers Published in Tanner ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tanner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tanner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tanner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Tanner:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Burke County
- Emanuel County
- Glascock County
- Hancock County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- Warren 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tanner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Tanner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |