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 Chopped Oak (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 Chopped Oak. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Chopped Oak is located in Gilmer 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 Gilmer County: Dawson, Fannin, Gordon, Murray & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Chopped Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chopped Oak:
- Gilmer County (The home county of Chopped Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Santaluca
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- White Path
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Cherry Log
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Northcutt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- East Ellijay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ellijay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yukon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Rolston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Tails Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Tickanetley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Whitestone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Bartow County
- Funkhouser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Salacoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Worley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Chestnut Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Blue Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Epworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Mineral Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fry is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- McCaysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pantertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Cutcane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Oakman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buff ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Ranger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Fairmount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Soapstick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Resaca Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Resaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sonoraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Carters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Crandall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chatsworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Ground
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Wells ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Temple Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Sumac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sumac is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Gregory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
- Tennga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Talking Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ludville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Jerusalem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Big Canoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marble Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Talmadge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Tate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Nelson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Suches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Canal Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Blairsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Owltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Ruralvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
- Union Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Plainview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Estimated population in 2019: 318 people
- Crown Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Waring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Cohutta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Clay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
- Varnell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Burger Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Hothouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Culberson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Postell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Vests
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hiwassee Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Bradley County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- Wildwood Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Copperhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ducktown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belltown Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Chanceytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Chable ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chable is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Ball Play
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Archville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Oldfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Parksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parksville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Ocoee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chopped Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Chopped Oak.
Cemeteries Near Chopped Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chopped Oak.
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 Chopped Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chopped Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Flat Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery #1
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sharp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chapman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cashes Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Way Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northcutt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Underwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boardtown Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Chopped Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chopped Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chopped Oak, with the one closest to Chopped Oak listed first.
- Flat Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Flat Branch is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Santaluca
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- White Path
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Cherry Log
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountaintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountaintown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaintown
- Ellijay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tails Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Roy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roy is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Cartecay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cartecay is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartecay
- Curtis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pierceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Town Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Talona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Talona is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chopped Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chopped Oak.
Newspapers Published in Chopped Oak ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chopped Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chopped Oak, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chopped Oak.
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 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 Chopped Oak:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Gilmer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Cherokee County
- Fannin County
- Gordon County
- Murray County
- Pickens County
- Union County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee County
- Bradley County
- Polk 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 Chopped Oak, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chopped Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |