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 Bucktown (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 Bucktown. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bucktown is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cleburne (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard & Paulding.
Below are the counties that are near Bucktown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bucktown:
- Carroll County (The home county of Bucktown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Bowdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tyus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Roopville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Jake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Carrollton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdon Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Whitesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Sargent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Hannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Villa Rica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Chattahoochee Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Waco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Budapest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Morgan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Buchanan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Felton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Ephesus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Frolona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- O'Neals Crossroad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Houston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Graysons Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Evansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Asta Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Sunny Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Abbottsford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Hogansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafrass Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Iron City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Choccolocco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- De Armanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- White Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Doublehead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Standing Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Clackville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Evansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Red Level
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Stroud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Abanda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Clay County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Delta
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Barfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Barfield is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Haynes Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Cragford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Lineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Ranburne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Micaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Ai
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Muscadine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Edwardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Heflin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Abel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Oak Level
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Woodland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Morrison Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Rockdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Corbin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Milner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- High Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Wedowee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bucktown, see our County-by-County Page for Bucktown.
Cemeteries Near Bucktown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bucktown.
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 Bucktown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bucktown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Unity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buchanan Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Corinth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethena Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Shiloh Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Flat Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Veal Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- First Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (459 more) ...
- Bowdon Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coats Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ephesus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bucktown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bucktown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bucktown, with the one closest to Bucktown listed first.
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Joel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Joel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Bowdon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Victory
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Victory is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Lofty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Mabry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mabry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabry
- Hightower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Lamar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lamar is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Rockalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockalo is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockalo
- Burwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waldrep
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Waldrep is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrep
- Roopville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frolona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bucktown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bucktown.
Newspapers Published in Bucktown ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bucktown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bucktown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bucktown.
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 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 Bucktown:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fulton County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Troup County
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Bucktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bucktown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |