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 Burwell (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 Burwell. 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 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.
Burwell 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 Burwell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burwell:
- Carroll County (The home county of Burwell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Jonesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlawn Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Jake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Bowdon Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tyus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Roopville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Temple
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Sargent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smokey Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Newnan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Tyree
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Hannah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Villa Rica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Heights
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Springwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Windwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
- Douglasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Chattahoochee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Rivertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Carlton Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Budapest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Tabernacle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Felton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Ephesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Centralhatchee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Franklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- O'Neals Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Corinth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Glenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Houston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Home Place Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Hanlin
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Cedartown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Troup County
- Graysons Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Dailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- 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
- Clay County (AL)
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Ranburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hightower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Muscadine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ai
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(16 miles [25.7 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Micaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Heflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Hollis Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Grantley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Graham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Woodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Morrison Crossroad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Rockdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Milner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Corbin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- High Shoals
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- West
(25 miles [40.2 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 Burwell, see our County-by-County Page for Burwell.
Cemeteries Near Burwell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burwell.
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 Burwell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burwell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Shiloh UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Jonesville.
- The Shiloh UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36973 <2>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rolling Acres Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pinetucky Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eureka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bowdon City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Bowdon Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- First Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tallapoosa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Burwell had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burwell, with the one closest to Burwell listed first.
- Bowdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Victory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Mandeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Joel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Joel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Mabry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mabry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabry
- Carrollton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roopville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hightower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Clem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burwell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burwell.
Newspapers Published in Burwell ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burwell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burwell, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burwell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Burwell:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fulton County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Troup County
- Calhoun 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> | 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 Burwell, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |