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 Hills (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 Hills. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Brookwood Hills is located in Bibb 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 Bibb County: Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach & Twiggs.
Below are the counties that are near Brookwood Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brookwood Hills:
- Bibb County (The home county of Brookwood Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Payne
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Macon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Cross Keys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Bloomfield Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Vinson Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- East Macon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Wheeler Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Rutland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Lizella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Walden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Coopers
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- The Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Hardwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meriwether
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butts County
- Flovilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Knoxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Musella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lee Pope
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Zenith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Elberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Warner Robins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Bonaire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Kathleen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clinchfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Hillsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Belvedere Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Morton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Pitts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Mountain Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Gray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- James
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Wayside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Bradley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Round Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Fortville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Lamar County
- Goggins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smarr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Juliette
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Forsyth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Culloden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Echeconnee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Taylors Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Miami Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Fort Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
- Putnam County
- Resseaus Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Dry Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Huber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Jeffersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Yatesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Brooks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ivey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Dedrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- McIntyre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Irwinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brookwood Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Brookwood Hills.
Cemeteries Near Brookwood Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookwood Hills.
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 Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brookwood Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Linwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Macon Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macon Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- The Macon Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Macon Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35131 <2>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36699 <2>
- Oakridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36624 <2>
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St.s Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Humphries Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flewellen-Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (395 more) ...
- Camp Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Middle Georgia Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wincey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Brookwood Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookwood Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brookwood Hills, with the one closest to Brookwood Hills listed first.
- Macon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lorane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Plentitude ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plentitude is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentitude
- Rutland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Lizella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sofkee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Bolingbroke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Dry Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Dames Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dames Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dames Ferry
- Avondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Reids
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reids is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Morton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brookwood Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brookwood Hills.
Newspapers Published in Brookwood Hills ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookwood Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookwood Hills, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookwood Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Hills:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bibb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Butts County
- Crawford County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Putnam County
- Twiggs County
- Upson County
- Wilkinson 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 Hills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookwood Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |