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 Bolivar (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 Bolivar. 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 doctors and 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.
Bolivar is located in Bartow 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 Bartow County: Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Bolivar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bolivar:
- Bartow County (The home county of Bolivar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Funkhouser
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Rydal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- White
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Interchange Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- McCallie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Corbin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Cassville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Adairsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rodgers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chattooga County
- Zula ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Salacoa
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Waleska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Worley Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Ground
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Allatoona Pass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Payne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Buffington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Breeze Hill Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Acworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Logan Trace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Mars Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Calumet Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
- Noonday
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Kennesaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Cobb Place Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Holly Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Hermitage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shannon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bass Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Floyd Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Glenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Armuchee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Rome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summerville Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Litchfield Hundred
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Mountain Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Whitestone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Tails Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yukon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Ellijay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ellijay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northcutt
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Path
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Fairmount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Sonoraville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- New Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Calhoun Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soapstick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Damascus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Carters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ball Ground
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wells ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Chatsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Country Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Forrister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Braswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Talmadge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ludville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Talking Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tate
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Marble Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Big Canoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- Aragon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Villanow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Crown Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Union Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bolivar, see our County-by-County Page for Bolivar.
Cemeteries Near Bolivar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bolivar.
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 Bolivar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bolivar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Lewis Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Log UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bartow Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stovall Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Vine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (467 more) ...
- Denman Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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, Bolivar had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bolivar, with the one closest to Bolivar listed first.
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gum Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gum Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Bobo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bobo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Igo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- White
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sonoraville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grassdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grassdale is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ludville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
- Waleska
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bolivar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bolivar.
Newspapers Published in Bolivar ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bolivar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bolivar, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bolivar.
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 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 Bolivar:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bartow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Floyd County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Murray County
- Paulding County
- Pickens County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Whitfield 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> | 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 Bolivar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bolivar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |