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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 Allatoona Pass (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 Allatoona Pass. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Bartow, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon & Pickens.

Below are the counties that are near Allatoona Pass. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Allatoona Pass:

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Allatoona Pass)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Tyson Estates
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
    • Gibson Acres
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
    • Motes Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
    • Payne
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Payne is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Kingridge West
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
    • Breeze Hill Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
    • Woodstock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lebanon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Skyridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
    • Holly Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Colemans Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
    • Hickory Flat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Canton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bartow County
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Noonday
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Acworth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan Trace
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Mitchell Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Kennesaw
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Cobb Place Manor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
    • Calumet Woods
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Mars Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Shiloh West
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Holly Oaks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
    • Marietta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Sturbridge Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
  • Dawson County
  • DeKalb County
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Lithia Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lakeland Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
    • Douglasville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Blair Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
    • Flowers Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
    • Springwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Windwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
    • White City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Winston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Bass Ferry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
    • Wax
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dykes ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Dykes is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
    • Hermitage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Forsyth County
  • Fulton County
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sonoraville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Farmville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ranger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Gwinnett County
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Country Acres
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Country Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
    • New Hope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Forrister
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Hiram
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Dallas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Rose
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
    • Hanlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Braswell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Home Place Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
  • Pickens County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.
    • Aragon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rockmart
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Seney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Allatoona Pass, see our County-by-County Page for Allatoona Pass.

Cemeteries Near Allatoona Pass ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allatoona Pass.

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 Allatoona Pass - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Allatoona Pass covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.

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.<4>

While we didn't find Allatoona Pass in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Allatoona Pass.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Allatoona Pass, with the one closest to Allatoona Pass listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Allatoona Pass. See our List of 1890's Communities around Allatoona Pass.

Newspapers Published in Allatoona Pass ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allatoona Pass.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allatoona Pass, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allatoona Pass.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Allatoona Pass:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allatoona Pass) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Allatoona Pass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.