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Emanuel County, Georgia

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9historic places

—earliest paper

1812formed

22,768pop. 2020

80cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 9 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Twin City, Swainsboro, Canoochee.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 9 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

9 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Coleman, James, House	Swainsboro	Building	1992
Davis, Josiah, House	Canoochee	Building	1982
Davis-Proctor House	Twin City	Building	2010
Durden, Albert Neal, House	Twin City	Building	1990
Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department	Swainsboro	Building	1995
First Methodist Episcopal Church	Stillmore	Building	1999
Rountree, John, Log House	Twin City	Building	1997
Swainsboro Light and Water Plant	Swainsboro	Building	2004
Twin City Historic District	Twin City	District	2014

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Emanuel was formed in 1812 (1812-12-10) from Bulloch, Montgomery.

EMANUEL created from BULLOCH and MONTGOMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Emanuel County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,928	3,129	5,081	9,759	21,279	25,862	23,517	19,789	17,815	20,795	21,837	22,768

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

80 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 80 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	32.54766	-82.2129
Bethel Church Cemetery	32.56502	-82.09902
Bishops Chapel Cemetery	32.73692	-82.24
Bithynia Church Cemetery	32.71189	-82.39053
Blundale Baptist Cemetery	32.7403	-82.39572
Braswell Cemetery	32.55544	-82.54235
Colemans Cemetery	32.80515	-82.28373
Collins Cemetery	32.33985	-82.28529
Corinth Cemetery	32.76104	-82.36293
Ebenezer Church Cemetery	32.54737	-82.41967
Edenfield - Slater Cemetery	32.3965	-82.26144
Elisha Mosley Cemetery	32.33292	-82.31418
Emanuel Cemetery	32.55921	-82.56234
First Baptist Cemetery	32.59561	-82.3379
Flatford Cemetery	32.48109	-82.35858
Friendship Cemetery	32.59238	-82.09123
Garbutts Cemetery	32.75227	-82.26311
Greens Cemetery	32.79964	-82.33772
Harrell Cemetery	32.32306	-82.30423
Hawhammock Church Cemetery	32.64078	-82.2736
Hebron Cemetery	32.6546	-82.08678
Herrington Cemetery	32.4842	-82.44256
Johnson Cemetery	32.78251	-82.24846
Kersey Cemetery	None	None
Kirby Cemetery	32.40748	-82.30489
Kirkland Cemetery	32.77901	-82.24599
Lambs Cemetery	32.61544	-82.46413
Lambs Chapel Cemetery	32.81321	-82.36873
Long Creek Church Cemetery	32.72741	-82.22174
Margaret Morris Cemetery	32.36282	-82.39828
McKinzie Cemetery	32.7643	-82.3527
Moore Cemetery	32.48493	-82.39675
Morris Family Cemetery	32.36403	-82.3476
Mosley Cemetery	32.31268	-82.29845
Mosley Cemetery	32.38322	-82.38735
Mount Gilead Cemetery	32.6749	-82.18949
Mount Olivet Cemetery	32.70424	-82.12828
Mount Sandy Church Cemetery	32.52188	-82.28054
Mount Shady Cemetery	32.51951	-82.27077
Mount Zion Cemetery	32.51766	-82.49513
Mount Zion Cemetery	32.71127	-82.12734
Moxley Cemetery	32.66412	-82.43299
Moxley Cemetery	32.67638	-82.34452
New Hope Cemetery	32.7321	-82.29151
Noonday Cemetery	32.65432	-82.15012
Oak Chapel Cemetery	32.68706	-82.44878
Oak Grove Cemetery	32.46461	-82.21706
Oak Park Cemetery	32.36412	-82.3083
Old Canoochee Cemetery	32.59988	-82.21651
Old Thompson Cemetery	32.55972	-82.43391
Old Union Grove Cemetery	32.77117	-82.16587
Paris Grove Church Cemetery	32.55455	-82.03365
Pendleton Springs Cemetery	32.34473	-82.3595
Phillips Cemetery	32.39989	-82.3604
Phillips Cemetery	32.45317	-82.29148
Phillips Cemetery	32.46501	-82.42102
Pinecrest Memorial Gardens	32.66432	-82.37679
Roundtree Grove Cemetery	32.59426	-82.17244
Rowell Cemetery	32.4154	-82.37414
Sand Hill Cemetery	32.69569	-82.18788
Sardis Cemetery	32.63082	-82.50704
Shepherd Findley Cemetery	32.35204	-82.28511
Sherrod Cemetery	32.78515	-82.18873
Stillmore Cemetery	32.43278	-82.22189
Summertown Church Cemetery	32.7411	-82.27146
Swainsboro City Cemetery	32.60182	-82.34707
Twin City Cemetery	32.58977	-82.14339
Union Chapel Cemetery	32.63938	-82.10134
Union Church Cemetery	32.53816	-82.3845
Union Grove Cemetery	32.75599	-82.16567
Walea Cemetery	32.76452	-82.15525
Warren Cemetery	32.41255	-82.22011
Waters Cemetery	32.33453	-82.36689
Wiggs Cemetery	None	None
Wilkes Cemetery	32.38194	-82.38414
Wilkes Cemetery	32.48384	-82.45775
Williamson Cemetery	32.29487	-82.32876
Yeomans Cemetery	32.46811	-82.3315
Youmans Cemetery	32.48614	-82.35243
Youmans Cemetery	32.49801	-82.32557

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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