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 Aonia (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 Aonia. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Aonia is located in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Elbert, Lincoln, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Aonia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aonia:
- Wilkes County (The home county of Aonia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Lundberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- New Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Tignall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rayle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Appling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maddox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maddox is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Kiokee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Sawdust
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Harlem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grovetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Snead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Evans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glascock County
- Gibson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Daniel Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Durham Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Union Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Swaggy Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- Siloam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Gum Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Loce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Lincolnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Hesters Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- McDuffie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Hamilton Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
- Thomson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dearing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Megahee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Palmetto
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Raytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawfordville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Cadley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Camak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mesena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barnett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Warrenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Abbeville County (SC)
- Calhoun Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood County (SC)
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Greenwood County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Willington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Mount Carmel
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Modoc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Plum Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McCormick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aonia, see our County-by-County Page for Aonia.
Cemeteries Near Aonia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aonia.
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 Aonia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aonia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Burdette Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heards Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Symrna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zoah Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brinkley Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pierces Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Family Cemetery
- The Bell Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bell - Lance Family Cemetery
- Continue List (454 more) ...
- Cliffords Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Griffin - Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Aonia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aonia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aonia, with the one closest to Aonia listed first.
- Adasburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adasburg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adasburg
- Metasville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Metasville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metasville
- Amity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Little River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Cadley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Clay Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Leathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
- Hillman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillman is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Lincolnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Agnes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Agnes is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Danburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Danburg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danburg
- Tyrone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Tignall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aonia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aonia.
Newspapers Published in Aonia ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aonia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aonia, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aonia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Aonia:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Wilkes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Glascock County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Lincoln County
- McDuffie County
- Oglethorpe County
- Taliaferro County
- Warren County
- Abbeville County
- Greenwood County
- McCormick 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 Aonia, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Aonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |