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 Brookwood East (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 Brookwood East. 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 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.
Brookwood East is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Rockdale & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Brookwood East. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookwood East:
- Newton County (The home county of Brookwood East)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Dixie Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- East Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Hub Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Mansfield Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Mansfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porterdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Essex Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Newton Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Salem Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Bethlehem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Statham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Winder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Fincherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flovilla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jenkinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Rex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ellenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Pine Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Klondike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Lithonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
- Bermuda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Redan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Pinehurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Stone Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Panthersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Greene County
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Loganville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Norris Lake Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norris Lake Shores is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Lake Shores
- Population from the 2010 Census: 59 people
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Twin Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
- Grayson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stonemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stonemont is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemont
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,281 people
- Mountain Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Broxton Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
- Dacula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bethesda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethesda is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Estimated population in 2019: 725 people
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lilburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Whitehouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- McDonough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blacksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Locust Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Oakwood Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Stockbridge North
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Calvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Shady Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- Juliette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bostwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Smyrna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Buckhead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- High Shoals
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North High Shoals
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Eastville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Marshall Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Bogart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osceola Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Watkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Eatonton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Milstead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Conyers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Zingara
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Social Circle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Walnut Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Youth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Monroe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Between
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Good Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Split Silk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Nicholasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Campton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookwood East, see our County-by-County Page for Brookwood East.
Cemeteries Near Brookwood East ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookwood East.
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 Brookwood East - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookwood East covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Rakestraw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Starrsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hays Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Middlebrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Echols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Bara Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Hill AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Perry Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (409 more) ...
- Austin Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- High Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lackey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Brookwood East in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookwood East.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookwood East, with the one closest to Brookwood East listed first.
- Starrsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Starrsville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrsville
- Newborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alcovy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alcovy is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcovy
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Social Circle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Reese
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reese is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Almon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Almon is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Farrar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Rutledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Island Shoals ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island Shoals is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Shoals
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Maxwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Jersey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whitney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookwood East. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookwood East.
Newspapers Published in Brookwood East ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookwood East.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookwood East, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookwood East.
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 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 Brookwood East:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- DeKalb County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Henry County
- Jasper County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale 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> | 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 Brookwood East, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookwood East) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |