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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 Auburn (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 Auburn. 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 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.

Auburn is primarily located in Barrow County. A portion of Auburn extends into Gwinnett 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 Barrow County: Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Oconee & Walton.

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

  • Barrow County     (The home county of Auburn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Carl
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Carl is located in Barrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Winder
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Russell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Russell is located in Barrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Bethlehem
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Statham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Banks County
  • Cherokee County
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Cleveland Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
    • Pine Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
      • Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
    • Jefferson Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
    • Riverside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Riverside is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
    • Athens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Chamberlin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
    • Lexington Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
    • Cedar Shoals Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Lumpkin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
    • Barrettsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • DeKalb County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Chestatee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cumming
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Fulton County
  • Gwinnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Dacula
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Robin Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
    • Lawrenceville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Rest Haven
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Grayson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Buford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Loganville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Broxton Woods
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
    • Sugar Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Suwanee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Chestnut Mountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Klondike
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Klondike is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
    • Woodbridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodbridge is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
    • Candler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Candler is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
    • Flowery Branch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gay Lan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gay Lan is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
      • Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
    • Blackshear Place
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
    • Oakwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Gaines Ferry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
    • Jarrett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jarrett is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
    • Absalom ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jackson County
  • Lumpkin County
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Madison County
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Braswell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Braswell is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
      • Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
    • Bostwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutledge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Essex Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Essex Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Oxford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Covington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • East Wood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • East Wood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
    • Hub Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Newton Woods
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Newton Woods is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
    • Salem Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Salem Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
    • Dixie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Porterdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Oconee County
  • Rockdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn listed first.
    • Zingara
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Milstead
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
      • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
    • Lakeview Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
    • Conyers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Walton County

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

Cemeteries Near Auburn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Auburn.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Auburn, with the one closest to Auburn 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Auburn had a population of 138 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Auburn had a population of 7,902 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Auburn ...

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 Auburn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Auburn, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Auburn.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Auburn:

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 Auburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Auburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.