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 Aragon (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 Aragon. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Aragon is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Cherokee (AL), Cleburne (AL), Bartow, Floyd, Haralson & Paulding.
Below are the counties that are near Aragon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aragon:
- Polk County (The home county of Aragon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Rockmart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Seney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Cedartown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Esom Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Taylorsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Euharlee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stilesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rodgers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cartersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Bartow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bartow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
- Emerson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Hart Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Temple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Driskolls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bowdon Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Zula ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Chattoogaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Payne
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Gibson Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
- Allatoona Pass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tyson Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
- Motes Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
- Kingridge West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Mars Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Acworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Calumet Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
- Logan Trace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Shiloh West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Powder Springs Chase
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
- Macland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Powder Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kennesaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clarkdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Austell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Villa Rica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ephesus Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Winston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Douglasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Lakeland Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
- Lithia Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Windwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
- Blair Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Wax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lindale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Atlanta Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemont Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robealou Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Cave Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Berry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Farmville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Felton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Budapest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tallapoosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Braswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Home Place Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Hiram
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Rose
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- Dailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Tecumseh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Exie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Garden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Howells Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Noah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Borden Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Muscadine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fruithurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aragon, see our County-by-County Page for Aragon.
Cemeteries Near Aragon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aragon.
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 Aragon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aragon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockmart Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Taylorsville Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dickerson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (552 more) ...
- Culver Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Salem Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Crossroads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Aragon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aragon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aragon, with the one closest to Aragon listed first.
- Red Ore ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Red Ore is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ore
- Rockmart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Posco ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Posco is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posco
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Fish Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fish Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Taylorsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Fish
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fish is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish
- Grady ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Braswell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McGinnis ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGinnis is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinnis
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chulio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chulio is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulio
- Yorkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkville is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Stilesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aragon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aragon.
Newspapers Published in Aragon ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aragon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aragon, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aragon.
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 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 Aragon:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Douglas County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne 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> | 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- Aragon) 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 Aragon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |