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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 Buchanan (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 Buchanan. 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 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.

Buchanan is located in Haralson County and is the County Seat.

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 Haralson County: Cleburne (AL), Carroll, Paulding & Polk.

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

  • Haralson County     (The home county of Buchanan)
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Taylorsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stilesboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
    • Ligon ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Ligon is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
    • Euharlee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Shellman ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Shellman is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
      • Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
  • Carroll County
  • Cobb County
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Villa Rica
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ephesus Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
    • Winston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • White City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • White City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Tyree
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyree is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
    • Hannah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hannah is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
    • Douglasville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Springwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Windwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
    • Lakeland Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
    • Blair Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
    • Flowers Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
    • Lithia Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Floyd County
  • Fulton County
  • Heard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Ephesus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Roosterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Roosterville is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
    • Centralhatchee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
    • Yates Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Braswell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hanlin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Home Place Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
    • Dallas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forrister
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Hiram
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Country Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Country Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
    • New Hope
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Indian Rose
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Greenway ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Cedartown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Esom Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockmart
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Aragon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Etna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Seney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
  • Calhoun County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Abernathy ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
    • Dailey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Piedmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Nances Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Iron City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
    • White Plains
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Cherokee County (AL)
  • Cleburne County (AL)
  • Randolph County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
    • Graham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Sewell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Newell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell

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

Cemeteries Near Buchanan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buchanan.

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 Buchanan - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Buchanan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buchanan.

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Buchanan ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buchanan.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Buchanan. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Buchanan and those printed in the larger area surrounding Buchanan.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Buchanan.

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 Buchanan:

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 Buchanan, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Buchanan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.