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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 Armuchee (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 Armuchee. 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 Armuchee ...

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.

Prior to its current name of Armuchee, it was known as Armucha.

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 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.

Armuchee is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.

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

  • Floyd County     (The home county of Armuchee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee listed first.
    • Floyd Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Central Grove ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Central Grove is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
    • Glenwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Shannon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Berry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Summerville Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
    • Hermitage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chiaha ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Chiaha is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
    • Rome
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Robealou Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
    • Dykes ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dykes is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
    • Oreburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee listed first.
    • Adairsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Kingston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ligon ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Ligon is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
    • Cassville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Country Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
    • Euharlee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylorsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rodgers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Shellman ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Shellman is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
      • Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
    • Stilesboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
    • Interchange Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
    • McCallie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • McCallie is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
  • Chattooga County
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee listed first.
    • Plainville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Calhoun
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hill City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hill City is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
    • Damascus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • New Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Resaca Ferry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
    • Resaca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Sonoraville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Soapstick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Soapstick is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee listed first.
    • Ball Ground
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Paulding County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee listed first.
    • Seney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
    • Aragon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cedartown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Rockmart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Etna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker County
  • Whitfield County
  • Cherokee County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee listed first.
    • Starkville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
    • Berry Springs ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
    • Grover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Grantville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
    • Broomtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • New Moon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Kirk's Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Ringgold
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Lawrence
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gaylesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • DeKalb County (AL)

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

Cemeteries Near Armuchee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Armuchee.

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 Armuchee - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Armuchee, with the one closest to Armuchee 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Armuchee had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Crystal Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Orsman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Orsman is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orsman
  • Floyd Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Zula ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Zula is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
  • Tidings
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tidings is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidings
  • Kartah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kartah is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kartah
  • Shannon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Haywood ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Haywood is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
  • Fouche
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fouche is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouche
  • Hermitage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nannie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nannie is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nannie
  • Gore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gore is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Silver Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Silver Hill is located in Chattooga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
    • North Rome
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • North Rome is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rome
    • Plainville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Armuchee ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Armuchee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Armuchee, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Armuchee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Armuchee:

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 Armuchee, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Armuchee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.