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 Turnbridge 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 Turnbridge 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 Turnbridge 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Turnbridge Landing: Turnbridge Lndg. (or less commonly used: Turnbridge Lndng.)
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 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.
Turnbridge Landing is located in Jasper County.
To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Chatham (GA), Effingham (GA), Beaufort & Hampton.
Below are the counties that are near Turnbridge Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turnbridge Landing:
- Jasper County (The home county of Turnbridge Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Tillman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ridgeland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Pritchardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Daufuskie Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harbour Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
- Hardeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bluffton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Okatie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Point Comfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Hilton Head Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shell Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Battery Marina Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Port Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
- Burton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Fort McAllister
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
- Richmond Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keller is located in Bryan County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Ellabell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bulloch County (GA)
- Hubert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hubert is located in Bulloch County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubert
- Chatham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Robert M Hitch Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robert M Hitch Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert M Hitch Village
- Isle of Armstrong
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
- Whitemarsh Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Isles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Thunderbolt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carver Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Florida Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Florida Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bona Bella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bona Bella is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
- Abercorn Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
- Alabama Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Junction
- Chatham City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chatham City is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham City
- Effingham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Exley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Exley is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
- Rincon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rincon is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <1>
- Meldrim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haddonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haddonville is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 965 people
- Marlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guyton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guyton is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guyton <1>
- Clyo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Two Sisters Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
- Liberty County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Fleming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turnbridge Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Turnbridge Landing.
Cemeteries Near Turnbridge Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turnbridge 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 Turnbridge Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turnbridge Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Cummingsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cummingsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shad Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hardy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Landing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Colonial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Savannah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Crest Lawn Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwich Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Savannah (GA).
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 Turnbridge Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turnbridge Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turnbridge Landing, with the one closest to Turnbridge Landing listed first.
- Savannah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Wheat Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
- Central Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Isle of Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Monteith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Monteith is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
- Hardeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bluffton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tybee Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Okatie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Meinhard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Meinhard is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinhard
- Pooler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bloomingdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burroughs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burroughs is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
- Hilton Head Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turnbridge Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turnbridge Landing.
Newspapers Published in Turnbridge 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 181 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turnbridge Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turnbridge Landing, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turnbridge Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Turnbridge Landing:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Bryan County
- Bulloch County
- Chatham County
- Effingham County
- Liberty County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Turnbridge Landing, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turnbridge Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |