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 Batesville (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 Batesville. 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 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.
Batesville 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 Batesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Batesville:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Batesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Hickory Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Hardman Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
- White City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Buffington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Colemans Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Free Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Holly Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Breeze Hill Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Indian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Allatoona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Allatoona is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona
- Bartow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bartow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
- Emerson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rydal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 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
- White
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Cartersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Interchange Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- McCallie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Sturbridge Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Holly Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Noonday
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Chattahoochee Heights
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Bethel is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bethel
- Cobb Place Manor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Kennesaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Trace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(18 miles [29 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
- Acworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Barrettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Dawsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Dunwoody West
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peachtree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Doraville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chamblee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- North Atlanta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta
- Northwoods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Northwoods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Tucker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- La Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- La Vista is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
- Montreal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Montreal is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- Mountain Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Woods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,265 people
- Douglas County
- Lithia Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Cumming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Chestatee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Litchfield Hundred
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Fields Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Alpharetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Union Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Roswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Preston Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Ocee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Johns Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Montwicke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Montwicke is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke
- Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
- Gilmer County
- Whitestone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Fairmount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Ranger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Berkeley Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmside Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmside Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside Village
- Peachtree Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duluth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norcross
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Berkeley Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,147 people
- Suwanee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury Village
- Buford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Estimated population in 2019: 554 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Gaines Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
- Gay Lan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gay Lan is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
- Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
- Woodbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Woodbridge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Flowery Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Summer Point
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Blackshear Place
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Sardis Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Chestnut Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Price
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Country Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Rose
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
- Forrister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Nelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cagle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Tate
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marble Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Big Canoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Talmadge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Jerusalem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Talking Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Ludville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Batesville, see our County-by-County Page for Batesville.
Cemeteries Near Batesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Batesville.
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 Batesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Batesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Hughes Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stevens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Becker Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trippe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crabapple Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (525 more) ...
- Ponder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder Cemetery
- The Ponder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Philadelphia Church Cemetery
- Indian Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Arbor Baptist Church 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Batesville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Batesville, with the one closest to Batesville listed first.
- Hickory Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alpharetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Free Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Holly Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Webb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Webb is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Keithsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keithsburg is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keithsburg
- Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Creighton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Creighton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ocee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Ball Ground
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Big Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Batesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Batesville.
Newspapers Published in Batesville ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Batesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Batesville, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Batesville.
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 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 Batesville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Cobb County
- Dawson County
- DeKalb County
- Douglas County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Lumpkin County
- Paulding County
- Pickens 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> | 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 Batesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Batesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |