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 Toombs Central (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 Toombs Central. 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 Toombs Central ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Toombs Central, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Toombs Central may originally have been Toomb's Central.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Toombs Central might be written as Toomb Central.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Toombs Central is located in Toombs 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 Toombs County: Appling, Candler, Emanuel, Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Tattnall & Treutlen.
Below are the counties that are near Toombs Central. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toombs Central:
- Toombs County (The home county of Toombs Central)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Cedar Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
- Rock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Santa Claus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Lyons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ohoopee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
- Charles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- Vidalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Appling County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Graham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Baxley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Phillipi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Phillipi is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
- Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
- Surrency
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Candler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Canoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canoe is located in Candler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Estimated population in 2019: 785 people
- Metter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Oak Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nunez
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Evans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Bellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hagan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Claxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Daisy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jeff Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Tallahassee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tallahassee is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallahassee
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,185 people
- Hazlehurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
- Quinn ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
- Kirkland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Denton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Alston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Petross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petross is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petross
- Uvalda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Higgston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Ailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tarrytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tattnall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Reidsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cobbtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Former name for Cobbtown:
- Cobb Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <2>
- Manassas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mendes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mendes is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendes
- Estimated population in 2019: 456 people
- Glennville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
- Telfair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Lumber City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Treutlen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Soperton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gillis Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gillis Springs is located in Treutlen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis Springs
- Wayne County
- Madray Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
- Wheeler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Ochwalkee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ochwalkee is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochwalkee
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,732 people
- Glenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alamo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toombs Central, see our County-by-County Page for Toombs Central.
Cemeteries Near Toombs Central ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toombs Central.
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 Toombs Central - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Toombs Central covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- Odom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Partin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cobb Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hardens Chapel UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Crossing UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing UMC Cemetery
- The Cedar Crossing UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Crossing Cemetery
- Old Cedar Crossing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Griner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oakey Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Inman Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Creek Cemetery
- The Inman Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Inman Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Pittman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCortle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (348 more) ...
- Mann - Oquin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clifton Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Family Cemetery
- The Clifton Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clifton Cemetery
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 Toombs Central in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toombs Central.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Toombs Central, with the one closest to Toombs Central listed first.
- English Eddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- English Eddy is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
- Altamaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altamaha is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha
- Former name for Altamaha:
- Atamaha
- Vidalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reidsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Higgston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Higgston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- McGregor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McGregor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
- Collins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Graham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Prentiss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Prentiss is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baxley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kibbee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kibbee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibbee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Toombs Central. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toombs Central.
Newspapers Published in Toombs Central ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toombs Central.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toombs Central, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toombs Central.
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 Toombs Central:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Toombs County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appling County
- Candler County
- Emanuel County
- Evans County
- Jeff Davis County
- Montgomery County
- Tattnall County
- Telfair County
- Treutlen County
- Wayne County
- Wheeler County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Toombs Central, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Toombs Central) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |