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 Centerpoint (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 Centerpoint. 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 Centerpoint ...
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.
Another variation: Center Point.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Centerpoint. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Centerpoint.
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 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.
Centerpoint is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Chattahoochee, Marion, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter & Terrell.
Below are the counties that are near Centerpoint. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centerpoint:
- Webster County (The home county of Centerpoint)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Leveretts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Ida Vesper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Cusseta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Smithville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chokee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chokee is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chokee
- Palmyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Draneville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Putnam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Putnam is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
- Buena Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Alta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Morris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hatcher is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Brooksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
- Shellman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wades
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wades is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
- Five Points
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Cuthbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Ellaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Crosse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Concord
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Lumpkin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Louvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sanford is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Estimated population in 2019: 159 people
- Florence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Omaha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Thalean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Thalean is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
- Sumter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Americus
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leslie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- De Soto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Andersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Former name for Andersonville:
- Anderson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <1>
- Terrell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Parrott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yeomans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yeomans is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
- Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
- Olivers Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
- Bronwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Herod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Herod is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
- Sasser
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centerpoint, see our County-by-County Page for Centerpoint.
Cemeteries Near Centerpoint ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centerpoint.
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 Centerpoint - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centerpoint covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Foremans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Preston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Mark AME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Askew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Parrott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Avery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Avery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Centerpoint in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Centerpoint.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Centerpoint, with the one closest to Centerpoint listed first.
- Gooseberry ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gooseberry is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Leveretts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Parrott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cottondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottondale is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Kimbrough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kimbrough is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbrough
- Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Randall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Benevolence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benevolence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevolence
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hoggs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hoggs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggs
- Bronwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centerpoint. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centerpoint.
Newspapers Published in Centerpoint ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centerpoint.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centerpoint, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centerpoint.
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 Centerpoint:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Lee County
- Marion County
- Quitman County
- Randolph County
- Schley County
- Stewart County
- Sumter County
- Terrell 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> | 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- Centerpoint) 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 Centerpoint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |