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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Capstan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Capstan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Capstan, please Contact Us.
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 Capstan (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 Capstan. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Capstan is historic, it would have been located within present day Heard 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 Heard County: Randolph (AL), Carroll, Coweta & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Capstan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Capstan:
- Heard County (The home county of Capstan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Centralhatchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Roosterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Roopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Tyus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Whitesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Bowdon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carrollton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Grantville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Moreland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smith City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Sargent
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- East Newnan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Turin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Haralson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Senoia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Hannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Peachtree City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Chattahoochee Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Pine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Lone Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Gay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Graysons Landing
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Asta Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Sunny Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Hogansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Louise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Rockwell Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Abbottsford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Stroud
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Doublehead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Fredonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Five Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Clackville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Lanett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Plant City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Chapel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Milltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Ranburne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Rock Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- High Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Sewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Roanoke
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Newell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Wedowee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Capstan, see our County-by-County Page for Capstan.
Cemeteries Near Capstan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Capstan.
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 Capstan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Capstan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Old Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Owensby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Philpot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dowell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Purgason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shackleford - Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carser Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (551 more) ...
- Buttrill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zachary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Capstan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Capstan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Capstan, with the one closest to Capstan listed first.
- Owensbyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Texas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Texas is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Enon Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Enon Grove is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Grove
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Whitfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- LaGrange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Handy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Frolona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Capstan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Capstan.
Newspapers Published in Capstan ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Capstan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Capstan, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Capstan.
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 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 Capstan:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Heard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Meriwether County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Cleburne County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Capstan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Capstan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |