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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Beeks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Beeks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beeks, 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 Beeks (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 Beeks. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Beeks is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Beeks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beeks:
- Pike County (The home county of Beeks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Williamson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zebulon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Molena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Flovilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Lovejoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bonanza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Clayton Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Jonesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fox Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Riverdale Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Dartmouth Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Riverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shangri-La on the Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shangri-La on the Lake is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri-La on the Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,862 people
- Wilkshire Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Windermere Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Windermere Woods is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,937 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Haralson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Senoia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Newnan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Grantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Newnan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Woolsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Harp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- McIntosh Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Peachtree City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Fife
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Palmetto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Biscayne Club
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Biscayne Club is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Club
- Estimated population in 2019: 274 people
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harris County
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Stockbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stockbridge North
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Whitehouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Milner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Aldora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Gay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Rocky Mount
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Woodbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Betts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Luthersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Chalybeate Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Lone Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Box Ankle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Culloden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forsyth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Esmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Experiment
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Griffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Sunny Side
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Woodland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Mountville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hogansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Delray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Hannahs Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Barker Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- The Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Thomaston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Yatesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beeks, see our County-by-County Page for Beeks.
Cemeteries Near Beeks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beeks.
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 Beeks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beeks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Driver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coggin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williamson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Johnston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hollonville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williamson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (506 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ackiss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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.
Beeks itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beeks, with the one closest to Beeks listed first.
- Williamson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jolly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Hollonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hollonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollonville
- Rover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zebulon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zetella
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zetella is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
- Weaver ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Vaughn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vaughn is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Neal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lowry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lowry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Gay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beeks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beeks.
Newspapers Published in Beeks ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beeks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beeks, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beeks.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Beeks:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson 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 Beeks, 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' (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- Beeks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |