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 Ashland (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 Ashland. 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 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 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.
Ashland is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Banks, Hart, Madison, Stephens & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Ashland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashland:
- Franklin County (The home county of Ashland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Plainview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Cromers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parhams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Franklin Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Canon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Royston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lavonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gumlog
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barrow County
- Statham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Jefferson Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lexington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Cleveland Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Pine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Bowman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Dewy Rose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Airy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cornelia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raoul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Demorest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Clarkesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turnerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tugaloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Gillsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lula
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jarrett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Sugar Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Surf Side Club Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
- White Sulphur Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
- Brookton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Candler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Klondike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- New Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Clermont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Bowersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Flat Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Maretts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Hartwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Cooleys Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Crawfords Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Dooleys Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Commerce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dry Pond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Pendergrass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Attica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talmo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Braselton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoschton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Ila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Madison Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Planter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Danielsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Hull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Colbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Comer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Bogart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Osceola Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Overlook Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Spartan Lane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Arnoldsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Rabun County
- Tallulah Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Carnes Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Eastanollee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Martin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Toccoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Toccoa Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jarrett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Leo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Price ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Townville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Fair Play
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Oakway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Westminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Battle Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Richland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashland, see our County-by-County Page for Ashland.
Cemeteries Near Ashland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashland.
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 Ashland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ashland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culpepper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nails Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weebs Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Trinity UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ashland had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
- Walnut Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Arp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arp is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Jewelville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jewelville is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewelville
- Erastus
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Erastus is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Cromers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Fort Lamar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Lamar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lamar
- Carnesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hix is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Salubrity ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salubrity is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubrity
- Ila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hollingsworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollingsworth is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth
- Maysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ashland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ashland.
Newspapers Published in Ashland ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashland, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashland.
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 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 Ashland:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Rabun County
- Stephens County
- White County
- Anderson County
- Oconee 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ashland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Ashland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |