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 Antioch (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 Antioch. 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 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.
Antioch is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Antioch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antioch:
- Troup County (The home county of Antioch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Abbottsford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Evansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Sunny Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- West Lake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Rockwell Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Graysons Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- LaGrange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Whitfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Louise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Roopville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bowdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Whitesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Grantville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Bexton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- East Newnan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Pine Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Pine Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Mountain Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Glenn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- O'Neals Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Frolona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Corinth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Centralhatchee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Yates Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Lone Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Rocky Mount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Evansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Stroud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Fredonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Doublehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Lanett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clackville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Plant City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Chapel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Red Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Milltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Clay County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Motley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Motley is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- Ranburne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Rock Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- High Shoals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Sewell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Forester Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wedowee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wadley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Truett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Frog Eye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Daviston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Emuckfaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antioch, see our County-by-County Page for Antioch.
Cemeteries Near Antioch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antioch.
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 Antioch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antioch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Whatley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garrett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenn - Burpee - Cole Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Turman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- State Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (509 more) ...
- Adamson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Antioch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Antioch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Antioch, with the one closest to Antioch listed first.
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Glenn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Houston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Finley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Finley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Owensbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Rock Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Texas is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Stroud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- LaGrange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Long Cane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Gabbettville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antioch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antioch.
Newspapers Published in Antioch ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antioch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Antioch, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Antioch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Antioch:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa 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 Antioch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Antioch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |