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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Acton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Acton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Acton, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Acton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Acton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Acton is historic, it would have been located within present day Harris County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Acton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Acton:
- Harris County (The home county of Acton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Mountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Cataula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Ellerslie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Fort Benning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ochillee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Cusseta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Marion County
- Juniper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Warm Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Chalybeate Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Fortson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Maridale Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Glenns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Bibb City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Hilton Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Midland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Branton Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Box Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- LaGrange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Lake Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Mountville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Abbottsford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Sassafrass Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whitfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Louise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Sunny Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Osanippa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Plant City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cusseta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- LaFayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Blanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Smith's Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Bleecker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Chewacla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Opelika
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beauregard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Gwen Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Marvyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Bottle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Ridgewood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Macon County (AL)
- Society Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Ladonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Hugley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Fort Mitchell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oswichee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Seale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Hatchechubbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Acton, see our County-by-County Page for Acton.
Cemeteries Near Acton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acton.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Acton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Acton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bingham Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Smyrna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Mission Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Water Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pierce Chapel African American Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Cataula.
- The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36568 <3>
- Mechanicsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mealing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Acton itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Acton, with the one closest to Acton listed first.
- Mulberry Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Mountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Fortson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Cataula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Smith's Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Kingsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Midland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Osanippa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Whitesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Acton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Acton.
Newspapers Published in Acton ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acton, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Acton:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Acton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Acton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |