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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 Clearwater Springs (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 Clearwater Springs. 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 Clearwater Springs ...

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 Clearwater Springs: Clearwater Spgs. (or less commonly used: Clearwater Spngs. or Clearwater Sprngs.)

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 northeast 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 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.

Clearwater Springs is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding & Upson.

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

  • Pike County     (The home county of Clearwater Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Meansville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Zebulon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Concord
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hilltop is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Lawrences Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
    • Molena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Williamson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Butts County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Jenkinsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Flovilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clayton County
    • Lovejoy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Haralson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Senoia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jade Lake Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
    • Turin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bexton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bexton is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
    • Sharpsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Smith City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Smith City is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Musella
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Knoxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Roberta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Brooks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woolsey Woods
      (23 miles [37 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Woolsey is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Inman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Foreston Place
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
    • Harp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Harp is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
    • 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
    • Hamptons Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
    • 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
    • Fayetteville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Peachtree City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tinsley Mill Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
  • Harris County
    • Shiloh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Hampton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Blacksville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Blacksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Aldora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Aldora is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Barnesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Milner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Goggins
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Liberty Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Meriwether County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Carrolls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
      • Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
    • Edman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Edman is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
    • Betts
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Betts is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
    • Gay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Woodbury
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
    • Bullochville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
    • Manchester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Mount
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
    • Warm Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Harris City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harris City is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Culloden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Russellville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Russellville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Box Ankle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
    • Forsyth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Smarr
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Bolingbroke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Spalding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Orchard Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Griffin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • East Griffin is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
    • Griffin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Esmond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Esmond is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Experiment
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Sunny Side
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Talbot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Woodland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Prattsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
    • Belleview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Belleview is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
    • Flint Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Centerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Centerville is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Talbotton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Junction City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Carsonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Carsonville is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
    • Five Points
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Five Points is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Howard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Howard is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearwater Springs, with the one closest to Clearwater Springs listed first.
    • Delray
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Delray is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
    • Hannahs Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
    • The Rock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Thomaston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Barker Spring
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Barker Spring is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
    • Sunset Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset Village is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
    • Lincoln Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
    • Yatesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Clearwater Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Clearwater Springs.

Cemeteries Near Clearwater Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clearwater Springs.

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 Clearwater Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Nazarene Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fincher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mudbridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Century Nelson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Meansville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Valley Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (467 more) ...
    • Wood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Powder Creek Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Zebulon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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>

While we didn't find Clearwater Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clearwater Springs.

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

  • Meansville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Delray
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Delray is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
  • The Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Weaver ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Weaver is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Zebulon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Thomaston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jolly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jolly is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
  • Concord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hendricks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hendricks is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
  • Neal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Neal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Molena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Williamson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Beeks ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Beeks is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
    • Yatesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Rover is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover

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

Newspapers Published in Clearwater Springs ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clearwater Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clearwater Springs, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clearwater Springs.

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 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 Clearwater Springs:

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 Clearwater Springs, 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- Clearwater Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.