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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 Byron (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 Byron. 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 and 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.

Byron is primarily located in Peach County. A portion of Byron extends into Houston County and Crawford 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 Peach County: Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon & Taylor.

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

  • Peach County     (The home county of Byron)
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Walden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Walden is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
    • Rutland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Rutland is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
    • Vinson Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
    • Bloomfield Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
    • West Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Brookhaven
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
    • Lizella
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Payne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Macon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Keys
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheeler Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Macon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Royal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Royal is located in Bleckley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
    • Cochran
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Lee Pope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
    • Zenith
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Knoxville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Roberta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Musella
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Unadilla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dooling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Houston County
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Belvedere Manor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jones Acres is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
    • Griswoldville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pitts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pitts is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
      • Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
    • Clinton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Morton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • James
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Bradley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Macon County
  • Monroe County
  • Pulaski County
  • Taylor County
  • Twiggs County
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Salem
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Salem is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Yatesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron listed first.
    • Brooks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Byron ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Byron.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Byron, with the one closest to Byron 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.<4>

While we didn't find Byron in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Byron.

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

  • Echeconnee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tharpe ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tharpe is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
  • Walden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Walden is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
  • Avondale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Avondale is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
  • Sofkee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sofkee is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
  • Heard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Heard is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
  • Rutland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutland is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
    • Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
  • Lee Pope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
  • Lizella
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bonaire
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Reids
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Reids is located in Twiggs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
  • Perry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Byron ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Byron.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Byron, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Byron.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Byron:

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>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- Byron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Byron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.