Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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 Alfords (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 Alfords. 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.
Name Variations for Alfords ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Other variations include: Alford and Alfred.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Alfords. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alfords.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Alfords is located in Worth 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 Worth County: Colquitt, Crisp, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Tift & Turner.
Below are the counties that are near Alfords. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alfords:
- Worth County (The home county of Alfords)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- East Dougherty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Dougherty is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dougherty
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,398 people
- Bridgeboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson City
- Poulan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sumner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cuffietown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cuffietown is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuffietown
- Estimated population in 2019: 186 people
- Oakfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Warwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Baker County
- Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Colquitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Doerun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Minnesota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Minnesota is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
- Hartsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Funston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Norman Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Moultrie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Staunton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Staunton is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Lenox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crisp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Arabi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Milldale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Milldale is located in Crisp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
- Dougherty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Pecan City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan City is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan City
- Putney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eleanor Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eleanor Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor Village
- Tompkins Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Village
- Colonial Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Elon Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elon Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon Village
- Turner City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turner City is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner City
- East Towne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Towne is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Towne
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hinds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hinds is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,273 people
- Colonial Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colonial Place is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Place
- Eugemar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eugemar is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugemar
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,367 people
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Philema
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Philema is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philema
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Leesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chokee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chokee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- De Witt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- De Witt is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 154 people
- Sale City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greenough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenough is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenough
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,304 people
- Baconton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble City is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble City
- Flint
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Cotton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Camilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Terrell County
- Sasser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas County
- Meigs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tift County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Ty Ty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Omega
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abac
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chula
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Tifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Tift County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Turner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Hobby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobby is located in Turner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
- Estimated population in 2019: 536 people
- Sycamore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ashburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alfords, see our County-by-County Page for Alfords.
Cemeteries Near Alfords ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alfords.
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 Alfords - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alfords covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Parkerville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tempy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Morning Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Alfords in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alfords.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alfords, with the one closest to Alfords listed first.
- Parkerville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Parkerville is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerville
- Willingham ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willingham is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingham
- Sylvester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Acree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Acree is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acree
- Poulan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Isabella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Isabella is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Minton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minton is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton
- Sumner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ruark ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruark is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruark
- De Witt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- De Witt is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 154 people
- Baconton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Doles is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Flint
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alfords. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alfords.
Newspapers Published in Alfords ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alfords.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alfords, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alfords.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Alfords:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Worth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baker County
- Colquitt County
- Cook County
- Crisp County
- Dougherty County
- Lee County
- Mitchell County
- Terrell County
- Thomas County
- Tift County
- Turner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Alfords, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alfords) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |