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 Bakers Ferry (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 Bakers Ferry. 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.
Bakers Ferry is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Union, Cherokee (NC) & Polk (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Bakers Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bakers Ferry:
- Fannin County (The home county of Bakers Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Mineral Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Epworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Cutcane
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Pantertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- McCaysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Morganton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Fry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fry is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Hemp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Craytonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Cherry Log
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Santaluca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- White Path
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Northcutt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Rolston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Ellijay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tickanetley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- East Ellijay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Tails Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Whitestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Lumpkin County
- Willow ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Cisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crandall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tennga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Temple Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Gregory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
- Chatsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sumac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sumac is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Carters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Ball Ground
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Wells ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Pickens County
- Talking Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Bethlehem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Canal Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Blairsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Owltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Suches
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hood ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Choestoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Whitfield County
- Ruralvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Hothouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Burger Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Culberson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Postell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Vests
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hiwassee Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Grape Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Ogreeta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unaka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Boiling Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Brasstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bradley County (TN)
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- McMinn County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Etowah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mecca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Coker Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Epperson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Rural Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Jalapa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Jacktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Copperhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Ducktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chanceytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Chable ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chable is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Archville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Parksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parksville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Ball Play
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Servilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Servilla is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Ocoee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bakers Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Bakers Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Bakers Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bakers Ferry.
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 Bakers Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bakers Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Weaver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Curtis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Douthit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hot House MB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot House MB Church Cemetery
- The Hot House MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hothouse MB Church Cemetery
- Church of Christ Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem #2 MB Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Galloway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Chastain Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Toccoa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hensley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bakers Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bakers Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bakers Ferry, with the one closest to Bakers Ferry listed first.
- Curtis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Curtis is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Hothouse
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hothouse is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Mineral Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kyle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Pierceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Morganton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cutcane
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Wolf Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Dora ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dora is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Ducktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sweet Gum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Gum is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
- Hothouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Santaluca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bakers Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bakers Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Bakers Ferry ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bakers Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bakers Ferry, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bakers Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Bakers Ferry:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gilmer County
- Lumpkin County
- Murray County
- Pickens County
- Towns County
- Union County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Bradley County
- McMinn County
- Monroe County
- Polk 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 Bakers Ferry, 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- Bakers Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |