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 Avalon (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 Avalon. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Avalon is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Rockdale & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Avalon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Avalon:
- Newton County (The home county of Avalon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Mansfield Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dixie Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Newborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dixie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Wood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Porterdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hub Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Newton Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Essex Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Salem Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Barrow County
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Fincherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flovilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jenkinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Rex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ellenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lovejoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bonanza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Klondike
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Pine Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Lithonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
- Redan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- East Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Pinehurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Panthersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Pine Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Norris Lake Shores
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norris Lake Shores is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Lake Shores
- Population from the 2010 Census: 59 people
- Loganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Twin Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
- Snellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stonemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonemont is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemont
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,281 people
- Mountain Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Locust Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blacksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Highland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Oakwood Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Stockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge North
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Hampton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Calvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Dale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones County
- Round Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Lamar County
- Liberty Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Juliette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Box Ankle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Rutledge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bostwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Buckhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- High Shoals
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Eatonton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Resseaus Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Hallwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Conyers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Lakeview Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Zingara
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- East Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Sunny Side
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Experiment
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Social Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Whitney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Walnut Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Youth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Between
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Split Silk
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Good Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Campton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Nicholasville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Avalon, see our County-by-County Page for Avalon.
Cemeteries Near Avalon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avalon.
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 Avalon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Avalon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Bates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lackey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Hill AME Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starrsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lovejoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Biggers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pickett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newton Factory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hays Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Bara Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Avalon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Avalon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Avalon, with the one closest to Avalon listed first.
- Starrsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Starrsville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrsville
- Stewart
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Newborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Island Shoals ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Island Shoals is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Shoals
- Covington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Worthville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maxwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Farrar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Farrar is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Alcovy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alcovy is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcovy
- Almon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almon is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Reese
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reese is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Stark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stark is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Smiths Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smiths Mill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Avalon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Avalon.
Newspapers Published in Avalon ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avalon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avalon, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Avalon.
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 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 Avalon:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- DeKalb County
- Gwinnett County
- Henry County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale County
- Spalding County
- Walton 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 Avalon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avalon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |