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 Georgia Place Names - Chatham County
Georgia Place Names - Chatham County

A-G/H-Q/R-W
 

A-G
 

Place Name Shown on Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties Maps Other Information
Alabama Junction none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.4
Alnwick none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.4
Anderson 1899, 1904, 1915
Argyle Island 1865b
Augustine 1915
Avondale none USGS Georgia list
Bakers Crossing none USGS Georgia list
Barnard none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.10
Bartow none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.10
Beaulieu 1864, 1864b, 1955
Belfast 1915
Bethesda none USGS Georgia list
Beverly 1864, 1865, 1865b
Bloomingdale 1863, 1864, 1865, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Bona Bella none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.17
Bonaventure 1864, 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Bourne none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.17
Buckhead none USGS Georgia list
Burnside none name changed to Montgomery - Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.29
Burroughs 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
C.R.R. Crossing 1883, 1885b
Cabbage Island 1823, 1834, 1839, 1846, 1864b
Carver Village none USGS Georgia list
Caustons Bluff 1864, 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Cedar Grove none USGS Georgia list
Central Jc. (Junction) 1895, 1910, 1915, 1955
Chatham none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.28
Chatham City none USGS Georgia list
Cherokee Hill 1864, 1865, 1865b
Clifton 1895, 1899
Cockspur Fort none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.48
Cockspur Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.48
Coffee Bluff 1823, 1864b, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Colerain 1864, 1865b
College 1899
Dominitz none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.41
Dutch Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.67
Eanes none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.44
Elba Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.71
Elmo 1915
Estill none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.49
Exley 1899
Fennell none formerly called Monteith - Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.51
Florida Junction none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.53
Fort Argyle 1839
Fort Bartow none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.81
Fort Brown none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.81
Fort Cockspur none Rootsweb site of Georgia Forts
Fort George none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.82
Fort Halifax none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.83
Fort Jackson 1863, 1864, 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Fort Pulaski 1865
Fort Screven none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.86
Fort Tybee none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.86
Fort Wayne none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.87
Fort Wimberly none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.87
Fort Wormsloe none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.87
Galadia 1915
Garden City 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
General Wassaw Island 1864, 1864b, 1865
Georgetown none USGS Georgia list
Godleys 1915
Gordonston none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.61
Green Island 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Grove Hill 1955
Grubbs none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.63

H-Q
 

Hamer none USGS Georgia list
Harvey Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.106
Hermitage 1865, 1865b
High Gate none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.110
Hills B. 1823
Hotel Tybee none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.73
Hutchinson's Island 1864, 1864b, 1865b
Isla none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.76
Isle of Hope 1895, 1899, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Jasper Springs none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.77
Joseph's Town none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.125
Keller 1915, 1955
Kensington 1864
Kings Island 1865b
Lamarville none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.82
Lane none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.83
Lazaretto 1915
LePageville none USGS Georgia list
Litchfield 1864, 1865, 1865b
Little Tybee Island 1864, 1864b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Little Wassaw Island 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Long Island none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.88
Magoon none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.92
McQueen's Island 1864b
Meinhard 1895, 1899, 1904, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Meldrim 1895 on current Effingham County map
Millegy none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.97
Millers 1863, 1864, 1865, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1915 called Miller's Sta.on 1883 and 1885b maps
Monteith 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Montgomery 1855, 1863, 1864, 1864b, 1865, 1865b, 1895,1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Monville 1915
Morton Hall 1864, 1865
Mount Herman none USGS Georgia list
Mount Pleasant none USGS Georgia list
New Yamacraw none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.163
Newtonville none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.104
Nicholsonville none USGS Georgia list
Ocean City none name changed to Tybee - Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.166
Ogechee Road none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.108
Ogeecheeton none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.108
Oglethorpe none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.108
OLearys 1915
Orange none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.109
Orion Jc. 1915
Ossabaw Island 1822, 1823, 1830, 1839, 1863, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1895, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b on current map
Ouslaw Island 1865b
Parkersburg 1864b
Pavillion none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.112
Peasley 1915
Petit Chou Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.179
Point House none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.117
Pooler 1864, 1865, 1874, 1885, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Port Wentworth 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Post Office none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.118
Pressley none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.118
Queens 1915

R-W
 

Raccoon Key 1864b, 1865b
Red Ho... 1865b rest of name illegible
Richfield none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.123
Rockingham 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Rosedew 1864
Routhwell none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.127
Sackville none USGS Historical Place
Saint Augustine none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.128
Sandfly 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Savannah 1796, 1822, 1823, 1830, 1834, 1839, 1846, 1855, 1863, 1864, 1864b, 1865, 1865b, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1885b, 1895, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b current county seat of Chatham County, Georgia's first city
Savannah Beach 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b
Savannah Jc. 1883, 1885b
Screven 1955
Seituah none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.206
Shannons Pt. 1864
Shipyard none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.133
Silk Hope 1865b, 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Silverberg none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.134
Skidaway Island 1796, 1823, 1839, 1864, 1864b, 1865, 1865b, 1885, 1899, 1952, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Snyder 1915
Soldier Camp Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.212
South End none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.136
Southover Jc. 1895, 1915
Spauldings Settlement none USGS Historical Place
Station No. 1 1855, 1865, 1865b
Steadman Island none Krakow, Georgia Place-Names, p.216
Tatumsville none USGS Georgia list
Telfair 1864, 1865b
Thunderbolt 1864, 1864b, 1865b, 1895, 1899, 1915, 1952, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Thunderbolt B. 1823
Turners Rock none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.148
Tybee 1899, 1904
Tybee Island 1796, 1823, 1834, 1839, 1855, 1864, 1864b, 1899, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1955, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Tybee Lt. 1864b
Union Junction none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.149
Vernon 1834, 1846 name changed to Vernonburg by 1864
Vernon View 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Vernonburg 1864b, 1865, 1865b, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map
Vernonbury 1823,1830
Wassaw 1865, 1865b separate place from Wassaw Island
Wassaw Island 1796, 1823, 1855, 1864, 1885, 1904, 1910, 1970a, 1970b, 1999, 2001, 2001b on current map, called Warsaw Island on 1796 and 1823 maps
Watlee none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.153
Wheat Hill none USGS Georgia list
White Bluff 1955
Whitemarsh Island none USGS Georgia list
Wildborn 1864, 1865, 1865b
Wildboy 1864
Williams 1910, 1915, 1955
Wilmington 1970a, 1970b, 2001, 2001b on current map
Wilmington Island 1796, 1864, 1865, 1899
Wimberly 1864b, 1865, 1865b
Windward none USGS Georgia list
Woodlawn Terrace none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.159
Woodville none Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia...p.159
Wormsloe none USGS Georgia list

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
Worth

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