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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 Brook Springs (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 Brook Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Brook Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Brook Springs: Brook Spgs. (or less commonly used: Brook Spngs. or Brook Sprngs.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and doctors 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.

Brook Springs is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren & Wilkinson.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Brook Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Deepstep
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Goat Town
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Goat Town is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
    • Sandersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Tennille
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gardner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Gardner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
    • Oconee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Warthen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Riddleville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Riddleville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Harrison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Davisboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
    • Black Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
    • The Colony
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • The Colony is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
    • Hardwick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Milledgeville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Coopers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Coopers is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
    • Meriwether
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brown's Crossing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
  • Bleckley County
    • Allentown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Glascock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Edge Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Mitchell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gibson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Greene County
    • Comfort ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Comfort is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Zebulon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Zebulon is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
    • Sparta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Buckhead ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckhead is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
    • Springfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Springfield is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Stapletons Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
    • Omaha Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
    • Bartow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Avera
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Avera is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avera <1>
  • Johnson County
    • Wrightsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Haddock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
    • Fortville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Fortville is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
    • James
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • James is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Tuckers Crossroad
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
    • Midway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Midway is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
    • Lovett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lovett is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
    • Dublin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • East Dublin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Dudley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Montrose
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Oconee Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
    • Dennis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dennis is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
    • Hallwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hallwood is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
  • Twiggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Danville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeffersonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren County
  • Wilkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brook Springs, with the one closest to Brook Springs listed first.
    • Beech Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
    • Toomsboro
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Irwinton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • McIntyre
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dedrich
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • Ivey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
    • Gordon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Gordon is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <1>
    • Brooks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks

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

Cemeteries Near Brook Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brook Springs.

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 Brook Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Brook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Tabernacle UMC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle UMC Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tabernacle UMC Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the west of Sandersville.
    • The Tabernacle UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tabernacle Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37284 <3>
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Forbes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Deepstep Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Deepstep Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ruthford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Moye Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Veal Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (449 more) ...
    • Pate Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pete Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Trawich Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Brook Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brook Springs.

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

  • Deepstep
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hebron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hebron is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Sandersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Oconee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tennille
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Linton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Linton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
  • Beech Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
  • Toomsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sun Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sun Hill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
  • Warthen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lindsey ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lindsey is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
  • Harrison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Riddleville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Riddleville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • McIntyre
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Irwinton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Brook Springs ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brook Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brook Springs, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brook Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Brook Springs:

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