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 Birdie (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 Birdie. 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 doctors 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.
Birdie is located in Spalding 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 Spalding County: Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Birdie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birdie:
- Spalding County (The home county of Birdie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Experiment
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Griffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Orchard Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fincherville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Flovilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Lovejoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bonanza
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Fox Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Riverdale Acres
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Wilkshire Estates
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shangri-La on the Lake
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Morrow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Village is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Senoia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Haralson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sharpsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bexton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Smith City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- East Newnan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Smokey Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Grantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- East Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Klondike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Gresham Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gresham Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham Park
- Pinehurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Panthersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Pine Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- East Atlanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlanta
- Glenwood Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glenwood Hills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Hills
- Stonecrest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
- Belvedere Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belvedere Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Park
- Lithonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Woolsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Woolsey Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Inman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keyland Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Harp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- McIntosh Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Fayetteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Foreston Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Winterthur Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winterthur Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterthur Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,237 people
- Hamptons Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Fayette Villa Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Fife
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Biscayne Club
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Fairburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doral Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Doral Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doral Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,265 people
- Red Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blair Village is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Village
- College Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hapeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plunket Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Plunket Town is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunket Town
- Carlton Woods
(23 miles [37 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
- Palmetto
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blacksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Stockbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stockbridge North
(17 miles [27.4 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
(19 miles [30.6 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 Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Milner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aldora
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Gay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Edman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Luthersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Betts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak
(29 miles [46.7 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 Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Box Ankle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Forsyth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Salem Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Salem Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Williamson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Zebulon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Meansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Molena
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lawrences Mill
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Rockdale County
- Conyers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Delray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- The Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Barker Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Thomaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birdie, see our County-by-County Page for Birdie.
Cemeteries Near Birdie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birdie.
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 Birdie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birdie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Old Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- John Bates Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunnyside Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Sunny Side.
- The Sunnyside Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Baptist of Sunnyside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147442 <2>
- O'Neal AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Griffin Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woolsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moon Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brooks City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- Brooks Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westwood Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Birdie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birdie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birdie, with the one closest to Birdie listed first.
- Lowry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lowry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Vaughn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
- Pomona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Zetella
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zetella is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
- Experiment
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Griffin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Inman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Williamson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Luella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Luella is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Fayetteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birdie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birdie.
Newspapers Published in Birdie ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birdie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birdie, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birdie.
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 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 Birdie:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Spalding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- DeKalb County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Rockdale County
- Upson 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 '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- Birdie) 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 Birdie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |