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 Baldwin Hills (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 Baldwin Hills. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Baldwin Hills is located in Paulding 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 Paulding County : Bartow , Carroll , Cobb , Douglas , Haralson & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Baldwin Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baldwin Hills:
Paulding County (The home county of Baldwin Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Home Place Acres (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
Dallas (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Indian Rose (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Indian Rose is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
Hiram (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Forrister (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Forrister is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
Hanlin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Hanlin is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
Country Acres (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Country Acres is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
New Hope (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
New Hope is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
Braswell (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Braswell is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
Bartow County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Stilesboro (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Stilesboro is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
Taylorsville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Bartow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Bartow is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow Shellman ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Shellman is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
Allatoona (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Allatoona is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Emerson (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Euharlee (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Indian Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Indian Village is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Cartersville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Ligon ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ligon is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
Rodgers (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Rodgers is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Buena Vista (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Buena Vista is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
Cassville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Carroll County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Driskolls (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Driskolls is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls Hart Town (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Hart Town is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
Temple (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Bowdon Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Carrollton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Mount Zion (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Whitesburg (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Fairlawn Estates (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
Jake (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Jake is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
Lowell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lowell is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell Jonesville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Jonesville is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville Bowers Ferry (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
Bowdon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cherokee County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Gibson Acres (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
Payne (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Payne is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Motes Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
Tyson Estates (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
Allatoona Pass (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Pass Kingridge West (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
Skyridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Skyridge is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
Breeze Hill Estates (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
Woodstock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lebanon (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Colemans Landing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing Clayton County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Normandy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Normandy is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
Coxs Crossing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Coxs Crossing is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Crossing Kings Forest (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Kings Forest is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
Windermere Woods (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Windermere Woods is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Woods Estimated population in 2019: 17,937 people
Cobb County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Powder Springs Chase (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
Powder Springs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Clarkdale (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Macland (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Macland is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macland Austell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Blue Ridge Manor (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Blue Ridge Manor is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Manor Estimated population in 2019: 1,461 people
Furniture City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Furniture City is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City Mableton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Gordon Woods (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Gordon Woods is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Woods Estimated population in 2019: 1,857 people
Knox Springs Estates (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Knox Springs Estates is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Springs Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 69 people
Calumet Woods (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
Mars Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mars Hill is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Shiloh West (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Shiloh West is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
Coweta County
Sargent (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
DeKalb County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Brookhaven (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven Druid Hills (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
East Atlanta (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
East Atlanta is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlanta La Vista (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
La Vista is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
North Atlanta (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta Douglas County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Villa Rica (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Winston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Ephesus Heights (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
White City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
White City is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Douglasville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Lakeland Hills (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
Springwood Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Springwood Village is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village Windwood Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Windwood Village is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village Lithia Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Blair Heights (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Blair Heights is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
Flowers Estates (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
Tyree (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Tyree is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree Hannah (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hannah is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Fayette County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Tyrone Acres (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
Tyrone (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Brice (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Brice is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Wax (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Wax is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax Silver Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bass Ferry (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry Lindale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Dykes ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Dykes is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Fulton County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Rivertown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Rivertown is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown Rico (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Rico is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
South Fulton (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
South Fulton is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton Corn Creek Cove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
Chattahoochee Hills (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Pontevedra (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Pontevedra is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
Tell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Tell is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tell Carlton Woods (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
Fairburn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Palmetto (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Union City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Adams Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Adams Park is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Park Red Oak (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Haralson County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Morgan (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Morgan is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Bremen (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Buchanan (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Tabernacle (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Tabernacle is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Waco (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Felton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Budapest (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Budapest is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest Tallapoosa (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Rockmart (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Aragon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Grady ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Grady is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
Seney (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Seney is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
Cedartown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Greenway ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Greenway is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Esom Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Cleburne County (AL)
Muscadine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baldwin Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Baldwin Hills .
Cemeteries Near Baldwin Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldwin Hills.
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 Baldwin Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baldwin Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Pine Log Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Star of Bethlehem Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Nebo Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Melrose Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Friendship Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
White Oak Springs Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cochran Ridge Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Gann Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Sweetwater Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Flint Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
New Harmony Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (615 more) ...
Zion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Harmony Grove Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Smyrna Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Baldwin Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baldwin Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baldwin Hills, with the one closest to Baldwin Hills listed first.
Nebo (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Nebo is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Rollins (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Rollins is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Pumpkin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Pumpkin is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Brownsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Brownsville is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Dallas (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Villa Rica (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Winston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hiram (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
McPherson (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
McPherson is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson Douglasville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
New Hope (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
New Hope is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
Yorkville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Yorkville is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville Continue List (13 more) ...
Draketown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Draketown is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown Powder Springs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Remus (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Remus is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baldwin Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baldwin Hills .
Newspapers Published in Baldwin Hills ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwin Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldwin Hills, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Baldwin Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Baldwin Hills:
Websites specific to Georgia Pages specific to Paulding County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bartow County Carroll County Cherokee County Clayton County Cobb County Coweta County DeKalb County Douglas County Fayette County Floyd County Fulton County Haralson County Polk County Cleburne County Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baldwin Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Paulding County: https://paulding.gov/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Baldwin Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baldwin Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.