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 Georgia Place Names - Burke County
Georgia Place Names - Burke County

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Place Name Shown on Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties Maps Other Information
Alcove none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-1
Alexander 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Asbury none USGS Historical Place
Bark Camp 1865b
Barton 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1865b called Burton on 1864 map
Beltwood 1895
Bill Davis 1915
Birdsville 1839, 1855, 1863, 1865a, 1865b, 1883, 1885, 1885b
Blythe 1899
Brady 1885b
Brinsonville 1883, 1885b
Brushy Creek none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.21
Buckhead Church 1865b
Burk Camp 1839
Burke none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.21
Burrell none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.22
Burton 1874
Case's Old Place none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.36
Chicasaw Bluff, Chicasaw Ford 1823, 1834 Bluff in 1823, Ford in 1834
Cornelius none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-12
Cushingville 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1874, 1885, 1895, 1899 called Cushing on 1895 map
Davis 1823
Demeres Ferry 1864, 1865a, 1865b
Drone 1883, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1915
Dyes Crossroad none USGS Georgia list
Dyes Store none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-16
Easons none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.44
Elenora 1904
Elmore 1915
Farmers Bridge 1865a, 1865b
Fish Pond 1864, 1865b
Forest Hall 1883, 1885, 1885b called Forest Hill in 1864 and 1865
Forest Hill 1864, 1865a, 1865b called Forest Hall in 1883 and 1885
Fox Grove none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-20
Fryers Pond(s) 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1885, 1885b
General Morrison 1865b
Gertrude 1899, 1955
Girard 1883, 1885b, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Girth 1899, 1910
Gordons 1823
Gough 1895, 1899, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Grays Mt. 1863
Greens Cut 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1883, 1885, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map, on 1863 and 1865a maps was called Greens Sta., afterward was Greens Cut or Green's Cut
Gresham 1865b
Griffin's Landing none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.63
Grove Mount 1865a, 1865b
Hancock 1883, 1885b
Heath 1883, 1885b
Hemlock none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.68
Hendorsonville none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-24
Herndon 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904
Hillis 1910, 1915
Hills Store none USGS Georgia list
Holcomb 1855, 1885b
Hopeful 1863, 1865b
Idlewood 1910, 1915, 1955
Joys Mill none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.79
Keysville 1895, 1899, 1910, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map

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Lawsons 1915
Lawton 1874, 1895
Lawtonville 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1904 also called Lawton Sta. on 1899 map
LeRoy 1915
Lester's District 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1885
Liberty Hall none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.85
Live Oak 1839
Lovette none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.89
Lumpkin Station, Lumpkins 1855, 1864, 1865a, 1865b Lumpkins in 1855 and 1864, Lumpkin Station in 1865, by 1885 name had changed to Munnerlyn
Lumpkins 1863
Magruder 1999
McGruder 1915, 1955
Midville 1855, 1865b, 1883, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Milkin none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-34
Mill Haven none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-34
Millin none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-35
Millville none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-35
Munnerlyn 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map, in 1874 was called Munnorlyn, thereafter Munnerlyn
Murryhill 1915
Nesbit Place none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.103
New Goettingen none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.162
Number Eight (No. 8) 1865a
Number Nine (No. 9) 1865b
Number Ten (No. 10) 1865a, 1865b
Oatts 1895, 1899, 1904
Old Church 1864, 1865b, 1915, 1955
Old Town 1796, 1865b
Perkins 1895, 1899, 1904
Perkin's Junction 1883, 1885b
Pugelys Bridge 1865a, 1865b
Raes Bridge 1864, 1865a, 1865b
Red Hill Mills none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.122
Reynolds 1865a, 1865b, 1883, 1885, 1885b
Rheneyville none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.123
Rock Fence Crossroads none USGS Georgia list
Rocky Creek Church 1865b
Rogers 1883, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904
Rosier 1895, 1899, 1910, 1915, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Runnymead 1883, 1885b, 1899
Saint Claire 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map, sometimes called St. Clair
Sapp 1865a, 1865b
Sardis 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Scotts Corner none USGS Georgia list
Sebastopol 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1895
Shell Bluff 1864, 1865b, 1895, 1899, 1915, 1955, 1999
Shoo Fly Mills none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.133
Sister Ponds none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-48
Smith none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.135
St. Claire 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b on current map, sometimes called Saint Clair
Stoney Bluff 1864
Tarverville none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.143
Telfairville 1899, 1904, 1910
Thomas 1855, 1863, 1865a, 1865b, 1895, 1899, 1904 called Thomas Sta. in 1865
Thompson Bridge 1865a, 1865b
Titus Hill 1865a, 1865b
Torbit none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.233
Vidette 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Walkers Bridge 1864, 1865a, 1865b
Walter 1910, 1915
Waterloo 1864, 1865a, 1865b
Waynesboro 1796, 1822, 1823, 1830, 1834, 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1865a, 1865b, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952,1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b current county seat of Burke County, on 1796 and 1883 maps was labeled '"Waynesborough"
Whiteheads 1823
Whittaker Springs none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.156
Yonley none Small, The Post Offices of Georgia 1764-1900...p.2-57
Youley 1899

Other Georgia Counties


Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow
Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch
Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Campbell Candler Carroll Catoosa
Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton
Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford
Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty
Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin
Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn
Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson
Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper
Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens
Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison
Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Milton Mitchell Monroe
Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman
Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding
Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair
Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner
Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington
Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson
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