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 Brockton (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 Brockton. 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 doctors and 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.
Brockton is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Madison & Oconee.
Below are the counties that are near Brockton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brockton:
- Jackson County (The home county of Brockton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arcade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Attica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Holly Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Pendergrass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Talmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Braselton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hoschton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Statham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Winder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Jefferson Valley
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Cleveland Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Pine Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Lexington Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Winterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Bowman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Harper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Cromers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Carnesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Royston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Parhams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Canon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Robin Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Dacula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rest Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grayson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Sugar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Raoul
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cornelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Airy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Demorest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Gillsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Sugar Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Candler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Klondike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Chestnut Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
- White Sulphur Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
- New Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Gainesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackshear Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- Hart County
- Bowersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Planter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Ila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hull
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Danielsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Colbert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Comer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Braswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Bostwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Bogart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Osceola Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Overlook Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Eastville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Spartan Lane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Cumberland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Marshall Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Watkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bishop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- High Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North High Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Arnoldsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Carnes Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Eastanollee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Campton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Nicholasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Good Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Between
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Split Silk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Whitney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brockton, see our County-by-County Page for Brockton.
Cemeteries Near Brockton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brockton.
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 Brockton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brockton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Bethany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Apple Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stapler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cabin Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thyatira Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nicholson City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Howington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (543 more) ...
- First Pentecostal Oneness of Arcade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redstone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Brockton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brockton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brockton, with the one closest to Brockton listed first.
- Apple Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Apple Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Nicholson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clarksboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarksboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksboro
- Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Dry Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Planter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hix is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Marcus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marcus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Pendergrass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Erastus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Erastus is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erastus
- Constantine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Constantine is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brockton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brockton.
Newspapers Published in Brockton ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brockton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brockton, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brockton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Brockton:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Hart County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Walton 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> | 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 Brockton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Brockton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |