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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 Blaine (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 Blaine. 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 northwest 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 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.

Blaine is located in Pickens 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 Pickens County: Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer & Gordon.

Below are the counties that are near Blaine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blaine:

  • Pickens County     (The home county of Blaine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Talking Rock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hinton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hinton is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
    • Jerusalem
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • Ludville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludville is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
    • Talmadge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Talmadge is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
    • Jasper
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cagle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cagle is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
    • Tate
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nelson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Canoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Funkhouser
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
      • Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
    • Bolivar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bolivar is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Pine Log ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Log is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
    • Rydal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • White
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Corbin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Corbin is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
    • Interchange Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
    • McCallie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • McCallie is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
    • Adairsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Buena Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
    • Cassville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Country Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Country Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
    • Rodgers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rodgers is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Salacoa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
      • Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
    • Worley Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
    • Waleska
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Ball Ground
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Canton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Canton is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,347 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
    • Buffington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Buffington is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
    • Harmony
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmony is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Ophir
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ophir is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • White City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • White City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Orange
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Holly Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Flat
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
    • Free Home
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Free Home is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Dawsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Barrettsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Newport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Newport is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Chestnut Gap
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
    • Blue Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greens Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
    • Margret
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Margret is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
    • Morganton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Forsyth County
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Litchfield Hundred
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
    • Milton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
    • Fields Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
  • Gilmer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Whitestone
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
    • Yukon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yukon is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • East Ellijay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Tails Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
    • Ellijay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Northcutt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
    • Rolston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rolston is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
      • Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
    • Tickanetley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
    • White Path
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • White Path is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
      • Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
    • Santaluca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
    • Cherry Log
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Ranger
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oakman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairmount
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Buff ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Buff is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
    • Sonoraville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Farmville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Farmville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Soapstick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Soapstick is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
    • New Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Damascus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Damascus is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Calhoun
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Resaca Ferry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
  • Lumpkin County
    • Auraria ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Carters
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Carters is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Ball Ground
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ball Ground is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
    • Chatsworth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Eton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Crandall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sumac
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sumac is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
  • Whitfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.
    • Union Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Point is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
    • Crown Mill Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
    • Dalton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dalton is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,368 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blaine, see our County-by-County Page for Blaine.

Cemeteries Near Blaine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blaine.

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 Blaine - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blaine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blaine had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Blaine, with the one closest to Blaine listed first.

  • Hinton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hinton is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
  • Talking Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Carlisle ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carlisle is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Ludville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ludville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
  • Jerusalem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Town Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
  • Talona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Talona is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talona
  • Bobo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bobo is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
  • Jasper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Igo ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Igo is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
    • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
  • Colima
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Colima is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colima
  • Ranger
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fairmount
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Carters
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Carters is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
    • Petersburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blaine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blaine.

Newspapers Published in Blaine ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blaine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blaine, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blaine.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Blaine:

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>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 Blaine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Blaine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.