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 Barretts Mill (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 Barretts Mill. 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 Barretts Mill ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Barretts Mill: Barretts Ml. (or less commonly used: Barretts Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Barretts Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barretts Mill may originally have been Barrett's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barretts Mill might be written as Barrett Mill.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Barretts Mill is located in Clarke 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 Clarke County: Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Oconee & Oglethorpe.
Below are the counties that are near Barretts Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barretts Mill:
- Clarke County (The home county of Barretts Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Lexington Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Winterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Pine Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Cleveland Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Maysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Statham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Russell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Winder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Carl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Auburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Bowman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Dewy Rose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Elberton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Silk Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Cromers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Franklin Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Royston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Canon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parhams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Durham Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Dacula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Gillsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Klondike
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Sugar Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Candler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Chestnut Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hart County
- Bowersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Attica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Nicholson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Commerce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Pond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Pendergrass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Talmo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Braselton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hoschton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Hull
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Planter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Colbert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Danielsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Comer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Madison Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Carlton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Bostwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rutledge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Spartan Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Overlook Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Watkinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bogart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Marshall Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Cumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Eastville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Bishop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North High Shoals
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- High Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maxeys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Veribest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Good Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Campton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Monroe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Whitney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Between
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Split Silk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barretts Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Barretts Mill.
Cemeteries Near Barretts Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barretts Mill.
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 Barretts Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barretts Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Springfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Matthews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Niemmo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oconee Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oconee Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Athens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35965 <3>
- Coile Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pittman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- New Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bates Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Barretts Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barretts Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barretts Mill, with the one closest to Barretts Mill listed first.
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Winterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dowdy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dowdy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdy
- Dunlap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Planter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Clarksboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clarksboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksboro
- Nicholson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Watkinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Danielsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eastville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hix is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Bishop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barretts Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barretts Mill.
Newspapers Published in Barretts Mill ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barretts Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barretts Mill, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barretts Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Barretts Mill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Walton County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Barretts Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Barretts Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |