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 Beacon Heights (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 Beacon Heights. 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 Beacon Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Beacon Heights: Beacon Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beacon Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beacon Heights.
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 and doctors 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.
Beacon Heights is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Greene, Jasper, Newton, Oconee, Putnam & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Beacon Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beacon Heights:
- Morgan County (The home county of Beacon Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Madison
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Buckhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rutledge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bostwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Braswell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Baldwin County
- Meriwether
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Statham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Butts County
- Fincherville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Chamberlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Pine Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Cleveland Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lexington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Jefferson Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Winterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Greensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Union Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Durham Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Swaggy Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- White Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Gwinnett County
- Loganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Gum Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Buckhead ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buckhead is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
- Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Attica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Shady Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jones County
- Ethridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Newborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hub Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Mansfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mansfield Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dixie Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- East Wood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Essex Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Covington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Porterdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newton Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bishop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- High Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North High Shoals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Cumberland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Marshall Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Eastville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Watkinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spartan Lane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Overlook Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Bogart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Osceola Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Maxeys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Eatonton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hallwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Oconee Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
- Dennis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Resseaus Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Milstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Zingara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Taliaferro County
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Social Circle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Good Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Jersey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Campton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Walnut Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Between
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Nicholasville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Youth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Split Silk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beacon Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Beacon Heights.
Cemeteries Near Beacon Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beacon Heights.
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 Beacon Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beacon Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Faith Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Madison Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Memorial Park
- The Madison Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Madison Historic Cemetery
- Madison Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37306 <2>
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Plainview Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Creek Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Family Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Madison.
- Thankful Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thankful Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barrows Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (422 more) ...
- Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wallace Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Beacon Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beacon Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beacon Heights, with the one closest to Beacon Heights listed first.
- Madison
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dorsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dorsey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Buckhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reese
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reese is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Pennington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Godfrey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Godfrey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Rutledge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greshamville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greshamville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshamville
- Fairplay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairplay is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Bostwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Farrar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farrar is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Carey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Newborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shady Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beacon Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beacon Heights.
Newspapers Published in Beacon Heights ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beacon Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beacon Heights, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beacon Heights.
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 Beacon Heights:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Barrow County
- Butts County
- Clarke County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Newton County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale County
- Taliaferro County
- Walton 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> | 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- Beacon Heights) 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 Beacon Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |