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 Brookstone (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 Brookstone. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Brookstone is located in Muscogee 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 Muscogee County: Lee (AL), Russell (AL), Chattahoochee, Harris & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Brookstone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookstone:
- Muscogee County (The home county of Brookstone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Maridale Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Glenns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Twin Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Bibb City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Hilton Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Columbus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fortson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Edgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Branton Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Saint Marys Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Fort Benning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ochillee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Cusseta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Cataula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellerslie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Pine Mountain Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Juniper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Louvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Omaha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Florence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Box Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Osanippa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Cusseta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Plant City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Smith's Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Bleecker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Prince Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blanton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Chewacla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Beauregard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Marvyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Opelika
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- The Bottle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Macon County (AL)
- Society Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Phenix City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Fort Mitchell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crawford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Hugley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Oswichee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Seale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Loflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Loflin is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Hatchechubbee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
- Pittsview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonton is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookstone, see our County-by-County Page for Brookstone.
Cemeteries Near Brookstone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookstone.
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 Brookstone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookstone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Mealing Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Water Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greater Beallwood Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Biggers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Memory Gardens
- The Lakeview Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Lake View Memory Gardens
- Newsome Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parkhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parkhill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Columbus.
- The Parkhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36127 <2>
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Girard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Porterdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (269 more) ...
- Colored Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Porterdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Brookstone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookstone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookstone, with the one closest to Brookstone listed first.
- Columbus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Girard is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Muscogee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Muscogee is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Fortson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schatulga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Smith's Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Ladonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Esquiline ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Esquiline is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esquiline
- Acton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Midland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mulberry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cataula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Ochillee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookstone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookstone.
Newspapers Published in Brookstone ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookstone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookstone, 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 Brookstone.
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 Brookstone:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Muscogee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Harris County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Stewart County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Russell 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 Brookstone, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brookstone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |