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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 Ground (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 Ground. 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 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 Ground is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Bartow, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon & Pickens.

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

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Ball Ground)
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground listed first.
    • Funkhouser
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
      • Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
    • Corbin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Corbin is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
    • Bolivar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rydal
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Pine Log ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • White
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • McCallie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • McCallie is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
    • Interchange Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
    • Allatoona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Buena Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
    • Bartow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bartow is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
    • Cartersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground listed first.
    • Noonday
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Holly Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
    • Sturbridge Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
    • Cobb Place Manor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
    • Logan Trace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Chattahoochee Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Chattahoochee Heights is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Heights
      • Estimated population in 2018: 3,207 people
    • Mount Bethel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Acworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kennesaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mitchell Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Calumet Woods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Mars Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Dawson County
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground listed first.
    • Dunwoody West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
      • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
    • Dunwoody
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Peachtree
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
    • Doraville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fannin County
  • Forsyth County
  • Fulton County
  • Gilmer County
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Ranger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sonoraville
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Buff ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Buff is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
  • Gwinnett County
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground listed first.
    • Gaines Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
    • Gay Lan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gay Lan is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
      • Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
    • Absalom ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Price
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sardis Shores
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
    • Summer Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Summer Point is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
      • Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
    • Flowery Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Murrayville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Woodbridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodbridge is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
    • Oakwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Whelchel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Whelchel is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
    • White Sands
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • White Sands is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
      • Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
    • Blackshear Place
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
  • Lumpkin County
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground listed first.
    • Carters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ball Ground
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Pickens County

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

Cemeteries Near Ball Ground ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ball Ground.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ball Ground, with the one closest to Ball Ground 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ball Ground had a population of 296 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ball Ground had a population of 2,315 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Ball Ground ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ball Ground.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ball Ground, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ball Ground.

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 Ball Ground:

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