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 Ball Creek Ford (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 Ball Creek Ford. 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.
Name Variations for Ball Creek Ford ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ball Creek Ford: Ball Crk. Ford (or less commonly used: Ball Ck. Ford or Ball Cr. Ford)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ball Creek Ford is located in Pickens 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 Pickens County: Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer & Gordon.
Below are the counties that are near Ball Creek Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ball Creek Ford:
- Pickens County (The home county of Ball Creek Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Talking Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Ludville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Jerusalem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Talmadge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cagle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Tate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marble Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Canoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Bolivar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Funkhouser
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Rydal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- White
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McCallie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Corbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Interchange Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- Adairsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Cassville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Salacoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Worley Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Waleska
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ball Ground
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buffington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Harmony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Ophir
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Holly Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Free Home
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Dawsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barrettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Newport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Greens Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Chestnut Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Blue Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Margret
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Morganton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forsyth County
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Fulton County
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Whitestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Yukon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Tails Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- East Ellijay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellijay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Northcutt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 northeast)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- White Path
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Tickanetley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Santaluca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- Cherry Log
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Igo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Oakman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buff ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Sonoraville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Farmville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Soapstick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- New Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Damascus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Calhoun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Resaca Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Carters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Ball Ground
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Wells ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Chatsworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Crandall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sumac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sumac is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Cisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Temple Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Walker County
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Union Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Crown Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruralvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ball Creek Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Ball Creek Ford.
Cemeteries Near Ball Creek Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ball Creek Ford.
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 Ball Creek Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ball Creek Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Ball Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Berean Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitestone Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Talona Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Rise Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunlight Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goble Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ball Creek Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ball Creek Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ball Creek Ford, with the one closest to Ball Creek Ford listed first.
- Blaine
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Carlisle ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Hinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Talking Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ludville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Town Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Jerusalem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Talona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Talona is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talona
- Bobo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bobo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Colima
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Colima is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colima
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ball Creek Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ball Creek Ford.
Newspapers Published in Ball Creek Ford ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ball Creek Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ball Creek Ford, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ball Creek Ford.
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 Ball Creek Ford:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Pickens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Murray County
- Walker County
- Whitfield 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 Ball Creek Ford, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ball Creek Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |