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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 Carrolls (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 Carrolls. 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 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.

Carrolls is located in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County: Coweta, Harris, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup & Upson.

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

  • Meriwether County     (The home county of Carrolls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Edman
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Edman is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
    • Woodbury
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Betts
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Betts is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
    • Gay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Gay is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gay <1>
    • Greenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bullochville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
    • Harris City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Harris City is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
    • Warm Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Manchester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Mount
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
    • Luthersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Haralson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bexton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bexton is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
    • Senoia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Smith City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Smith City is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
    • Grantville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jade Lake Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
    • Turin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Moreland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sharpsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • East Newnan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Newnan is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
    • Newnan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Smokey Acres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Brooks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Foreston Place
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
    • Hamptons Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
    • Woolsey Woods
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
    • Woolsey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Woolsey is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Peachtree City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Harp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Harp is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
    • Inman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Keyland Woods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
    • Tinsley Mill Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
    • McIntosh Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
    • Fayette Villa Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
  • Harris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Shiloh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountainbrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
    • Pine Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Mountain Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly Hall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamilton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellerslie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cataula
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Heard County
    • Corinth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Corinth is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Henry County
    • Hampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Aldora
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Aldora is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Milner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Barnesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Goggins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Goggins is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
      • Goggins has also been known as:
      • Goggans Station
      • Goggans
      • Goggansville
      • Goggins Station
      • Gogginsville
  • Monroe County
    • Culloden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Molena
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lawrences Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
    • Concord
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hilltop
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hilltop is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Zebulon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Meansville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Williamson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spalding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Esmond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Esmond is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Griffin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • East Griffin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Griffin is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
    • Experiment
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunny Side
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Talbot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Flint Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Woodland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Belleview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Belleview is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
    • Centerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Centerville is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Talbotton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Prattsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
    • Junction City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Geneva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Carsonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Carsonville is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
    • Five Points
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Five Points is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Howard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Howard is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Troup County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Mountville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Louise
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Louise is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
    • Whitfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Whitfield is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
    • Hogansville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Asta Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Asta Village is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
    • Brays Lakeview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
    • LaGrange
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pioneer Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
    • Sassafrass Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
    • Rockwell Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
    • Sunny Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
    • Graysons Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carrolls, with the one closest to Carrolls listed first.
    • Barker Spring
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Barker Spring is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
    • Sunset Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Village is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
    • Hannahs Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
    • Delray
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Delray is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
    • Lincoln Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
    • Thomaston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Yatesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Salem is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem

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

Cemeteries Near Carrolls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carrolls.

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

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

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

  • Walker Memory Garden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Memory Garden
    • The Walker Memory Garden has also been known as:
    • Walker Memorial Cemetery
  • Stribling Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ware Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
    • The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Concord Cemetery
  • Riggins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • White Plains Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Blunt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Riggins - Bagwell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Molena Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Baughan - Strozier Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (506 more) ...

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

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

  • Woodbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Molena
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Neal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Neal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Gay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Gay is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gay <1>
  • Oakland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Oakland is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Raleigh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
  • Hendricks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hendricks is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
  • Harris City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Harris City is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
  • Alps
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Alps is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
  • Bullochville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
  • Concord
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Warm Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
    • Jolly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jolly is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
    • Rocky Mount
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount

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

Newspapers Published in Carrolls ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carrolls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carrolls, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carrolls.

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 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 Carrolls:

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