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 Cedar Valley (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 Cedar Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Cedar Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cedar Valley: Cedar Vly. (or less commonly used: Cedar Vally. or Cedar Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Cedar Valley 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 Cedar Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Valley:
- Carroll County (The home county of Cedar Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Bowdon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jonesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Tyus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Fairlawn Estates
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roopville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowdon Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bowers Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Temple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Sargent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Hannah
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Villa Rica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Heights
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Chattahoochee Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Waco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Felton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Ephesus
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Frolona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- 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
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- O'Neals Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Houston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Esom Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Troup County
- Graysons Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Iron City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- White Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- De Armanville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Dailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Chambers County (AL)
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Clay County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Barfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Elder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Cragford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Ranburne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hightower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ai
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Muscadine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Micaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- 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
(18 miles [29 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
- Heflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hollis Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- 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
- Abel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Morrison Crossroad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Rockdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Milner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Wedowee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- High Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- West
(21 miles [33.8 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 Cedar Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Valley.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Valley.
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 Cedar Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Bowdon Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bowdon City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- First Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sandy Flat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Midway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rolling Acres Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
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>
While we didn't find Cedar Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
- Bowdon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Joel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Victory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victory is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Burwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Mabry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mabry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabry
- Hightower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Lofty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roopville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Abernathy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Newell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Valley.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Valley ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Valley, 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 Cedar Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cedar Valley:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fulton County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Polk County
- Troup County
- Calhoun County
- Chambers 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 Cedar Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |