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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bayard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bayard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bayard, please Contact Us.
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 Bayard (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 Bayard. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bayard is historic, it would have been located within present day Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Bayard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayard:
- Harris County (The home county of Bayard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Cataula
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ellerslie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Waverly Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Ochillee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Fort Benning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Cusseta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Juniper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Warm Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Chalybeate Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Harris City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Fortson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Branton Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Hilton Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Upatoi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bibb City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- East Edgewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Box Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Junction City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Norwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mauk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- North West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mountville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Whitfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- West Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Louise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Abbottsford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Osanippa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Eady City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Huguley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Lanett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cusseta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Boyds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Blanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Smith's Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Bleecker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Chewacla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Opelika
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beauregard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Gwen Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Phenix City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Crawford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fort Mitchell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hugley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Oswichee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Seale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayard, see our County-by-County Page for Bayard.
Cemeteries Near Bayard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayard.
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 Bayard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Crawford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Cataula.
- The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36568 <4>
- Bingham Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clowers Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clowers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bruce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pierce Chapel African American Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hamilton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hamilton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #34313 <4>
- Jenkin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.
Bayard itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having no post office or railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayard, with the one closest to Bayard listed first.
- Cataula
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Kingsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Fortson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Acton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Acton is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Ellerslie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ossahatchie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Mountain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Schatulga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
- Ridgeway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayard.
Newspapers Published in Bayard ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayard, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayard.
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 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 Bayard:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bayard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Bayard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |