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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Briscoe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Briscoe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Briscoe, 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 Briscoe (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 Briscoe. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Briscoe is historic, it would have been located within present day Polk 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 Polk County: Cherokee (AL), Cleburne (AL), Bartow, Floyd, Haralson & Paulding.
Below are the counties that are near Briscoe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briscoe:
- Polk County (The home county of Briscoe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Cedartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Etna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Rockmart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Esom Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Taylorsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Euharlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Rodgers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cassville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Adairsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cartersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Emerson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Temple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hart Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Bowdon Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Driskolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Jake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Zula ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Berryton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Menlo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas County
- Villa Rica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Brice
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Cave Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Atlanta Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Robealou Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Rosemont Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Oreburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Rome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Coosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon County
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Felton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tallapoosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Budapest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Waco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Braswell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Home Place Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Hiram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Dailey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Nances Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Collins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Tecumseh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Rock Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Exie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Howells Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Noah
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Lawrence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Spring Garden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Tucker Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Edwardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briscoe, see our County-by-County Page for Briscoe.
Cemeteries Near Briscoe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briscoe.
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 Briscoe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briscoe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- New Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chubb Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bobo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Polk Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (467 more) ...
- Damascus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ware Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Briscoe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briscoe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briscoe, with the one closest to Briscoe listed first.
- Lake Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lake Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Reeseburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Landers ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Cunningham
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Cedartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brice
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Vans Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Cave Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Foster Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Mills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Mills
- Fish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fish is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish
- Fish Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briscoe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briscoe.
Newspapers Published in Briscoe ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Briscoe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briscoe, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briscoe.
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 Briscoe:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- Douglas County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne 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 Briscoe, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briscoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |