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 Beech Springs (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 Beech Springs. 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 Beech Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Beech Springs: Beech Spgs. (or less commonly used: Beech Spngs. or Beech Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beech Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beech Springs.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Beech Springs is located in 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 Beech Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beech Springs:
- Harris County (The home county of Beech Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Hamilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Mountain Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cataula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly Hall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Ochillee
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Houston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Marion County
- Juniper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Warm Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Harris City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Manchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Betts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Carrolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Fortson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenns
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Bibb City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Branton Woods
(21 miles [33.8 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
- City Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- East Edgewood
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Hilton Heights
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Flint Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Box Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- North West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mountville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Lake Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Louise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Sassafrass Hills
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 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 Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- River View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Eady City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lanett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plant City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Huguley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Cusseta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Evansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Boyds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- LaFayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Blanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Salem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 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 southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Gwen Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beauregard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Ladonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Crawford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Hugley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beech Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Beech Springs.
Cemeteries Near Beech Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beech Springs.
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 Beech Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beech Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Hadley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beech Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smith - Hattox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spear Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Geter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nelson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bugg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hadley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- Old Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Beech Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beech Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beech Springs, with the one closest to Beech Springs listed first.
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Whitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Hamilton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Kingsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Mulberry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Acton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Acton is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- River View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Cataula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fortson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Beulah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Mechanicsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beech Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beech Springs.
Newspapers Published in Beech Springs ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beech Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beech Springs, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beech Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Beech Springs:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Heard County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell 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 Beech Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Beech Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |