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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 Cassville (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 Cassville. 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 and 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.

Cassville is located in Bartow 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 Bartow County: Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens & Polk.

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

  • Bartow County     (The home county of Cassville)
  • Chattooga County
    • Zula ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Zula is located in Chattooga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Payne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Payne is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Allatoona Pass
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waleska
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Salacoa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
      • Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
    • Gibson Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
    • Tyson Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
    • Motes Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
    • Canton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lebanon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Breeze Hill Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
    • Kingridge West
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
    • Woodstock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Acworth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Logan Trace
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Mitchell Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Mars Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Calumet Woods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Shiloh West
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Kennesaw
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Noonday
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Cobb Place Manor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
    • Macland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Oaks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
    • Marietta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Floyd County
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Litchfield Hundred
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
    • Mountain Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
  • Gilmer County
    • Whitestone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Farmville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Sonoraville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Fairmount
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plainville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Calhoun
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • New Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Ranger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Damascus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Buff ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Buff is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
    • Oakman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Resaca Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Carters
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ball Ground
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Braswell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Forrister
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Country Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Country Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
    • New Hope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Hanlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Dallas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hiram
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Home Place Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
    • Indian Rose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
  • Pickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Talmadge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Talmadge is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
    • Jerusalem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ludville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hinton is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
    • Cagle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Talking Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nelson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jasper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tate
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville listed first.
    • Aragon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Seney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
    • Rockmart
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Cedartown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Cassville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cassville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cassville, with the one closest to Cassville 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cassville had a population of 375 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Rodgers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grassdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grassdale is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
  • Kingston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ladds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ladds is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds
  • Cartersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • White
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Halls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Halls is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Malbone ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Malbone is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malbone
  • Euharlee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gum Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gum Springs is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Corbin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Corbin is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
    • Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
  • Adairsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Pine Log ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Eves ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Eves is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eves
    • Murchisons ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Murchisons is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchisons

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cassville ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cassville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cassville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cassville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cassville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of Cassville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Cassville:

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 Cassville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cassville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.