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 Briarwood (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 Briarwood. 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.
Briarwood is located in Hall 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 Hall County: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin & White.
Below are the counties that are near Briarwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briarwood:
- Hall County (The home county of Briarwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Blackshear Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- Oakwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chestnut Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
- Westside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westside is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Flowery Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Candler
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Klondike
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Gainesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbridge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Maysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Winder
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Russell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Statham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Free Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Ophir
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ball Ground
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Cleveland Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Jefferson Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Pine Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Lumpkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Barrettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Dawsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- DeKalb County
- Peachtree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Chestatee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cumming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Ocee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Johns Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Lake Union Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alpharetta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Rest Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dacula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Robin Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Suwanee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Broxton Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
- Duluth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Regency Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Raoul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Airy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Demorest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Talmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Braselton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoschton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Dry Pond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Commerce
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Attica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Nicholson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Dahlonega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willow ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Bogart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Overlook Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Big Canoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Campton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Nicholasville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Split Silk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Between
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Youth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Leo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yonah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briarwood, see our County-by-County Page for Briarwood.
Cemeteries Near Briarwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briarwood.
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 Briarwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briarwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Redwine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flowery Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arise Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (446 more) ...
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chattahoochee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church Cemetery
- The Union Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
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>
While we didn't find Briarwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briarwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briarwood, with the one closest to Briarwood listed first.
- Chestnut Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flowery Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Candler
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Gainesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oscarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oscarville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscarville
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Jarrett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Chestatee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Buford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grapevine ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grapevine is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Hoschton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pond Fork ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pond Fork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Fork
- White Sulphur Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Price
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briarwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briarwood.
Newspapers Published in Briarwood ...
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 Briarwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briarwood, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briarwood.
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 Briarwood:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Cherokee County
- Clarke County
- Dawson County
- DeKalb County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Walton County
- White 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 Briarwood, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briarwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |