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Welcome to Grace ...

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

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


Grace would have been located within present day Lumpkin County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Grace, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Grace is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Grace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Grace - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Idaho (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grace.

Communities near Grace ...

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

  • Gainesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Gainesville Mills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
    • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
  • Willow ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
  • Dahlonega
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cornelia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dawsonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hargrove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hargrove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
    • Hargrove is located in Hall County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
  • Lula
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Grace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grace. 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 Grace.

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

Adding Grace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grace 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 Grace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Grace post office opened in 1880.

We also found Grace in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grace.

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 Grace, 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 Lumpkin, 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 Grace - 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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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