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Welcome to Capstan ...

So far, we found very little information about Capstan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Capstan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Capstan, please Contact Us.


Capstan would have been located within present day Heard County<2>.


The location of Capstan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Capstan, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Capstan is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Capstan was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Capstan (for example, toward Roanoke (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Capstan still existed, it would have been in the (706) & (762)<5> area codes.

Communities near Capstan ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Capstan.

  • Smokey Acres
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smokey Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
    • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
  • Newnan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • LaGrange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for LaGrange have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
    • LaGrange is located in Troup County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,741 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaGrange <6>
  • Roanoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roanoke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
    • Roanoke is located in Randolph County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roanoke <6>
  • Tyus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
    • Tyus is located in Carroll County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
  • Grantville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hogansville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Louise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Louise is located in Troup County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
  • Sunny Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
    • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
  • Franklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Capstan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Capstan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Capstan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Capstan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Capstan. See our Newspapers Page for Capstan.

Adding Capstan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Capstan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Capstan was on a map titled Map of Georgia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Capstan on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Capstan.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Capstan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Heard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Capstan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (762) is an overlay for area code (706).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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