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 Thomas Landing (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 Thomas Landing. 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 Thomas Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Thomas Landing: Thomas Lndg. (or less commonly used: Thomas Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Thomas Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thomas Landing.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Thomas Landing is located in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County: Glynn, Liberty, Long & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Thomas Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomas Landing:
- McIntosh County (The home county of Thomas Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- Shellman Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meridian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sapelo Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Credit Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
- Doboy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doboy is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
- Townsend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darien
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- Keller
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keller is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Fort McAllister
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
- Richmond Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- Coffee Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
- Montgomery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,719 people
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nicholsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
- Ogeechee Farms
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ogeechee Farms is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee Farms
- Vernonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vernonburg is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Skidaway Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
- Grubbs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Grubbs is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Isle of Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Abercorn Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
- Liberty City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty City is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Bona Bella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bona Bella is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
- Glynn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- Altamaha Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
- German Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- German Village is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Groveside Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- Sunbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riceboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Screven Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
- Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
- Fleming
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allenhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Doe Run Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Flemington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tupelo Trail
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
- Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
- Walthourville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garden Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
- Long County
- Ludowici
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomas Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Thomas Landing.
Cemeteries Near Thomas Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomas Landing.
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 Thomas Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomas Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- Gould Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nelson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Contentment Plantation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Julienton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckley & O'Neal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McIntosh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wallace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Troup Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Dorchester Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- First Anderson Grove Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Crescent.
- The Hopkins - Belleville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crescent Baptist Church Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164648 <2>
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 Thomas Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thomas Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomas Landing, with the one closest to Thomas Landing listed first.
- South Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Newport is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
- Riceboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keller
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keller is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Dorchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Doboy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doboy is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
- Ridgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Fleming
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
- Darien
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burroughs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burroughs is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
- Flemington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Walthourville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Hinesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evelyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evelyn is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- Isle of Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thomas Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomas Landing.
Newspapers Published in Thomas Landing ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomas Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomas Landing, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomas Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Thomas Landing:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to McIntosh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bryan County
- Chatham County
- Glynn County
- Liberty County
- Long 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thomas Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Thomas Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |