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 Clines Crossroads (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 Clines Crossroads. 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 Clines Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Clines Crossroads: Clines Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Clines Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Clines Crossroads may originally have been Cline's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Clines Crossroads might be written as Cline Crossroads.
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.
Clines Crossroads is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Clines Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clines Crossroads:
- Harris County (The home county of Clines Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Mountain Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cataula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellerslie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Fort Benning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ochillee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Houston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marion County
- Juniper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Warm Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Harris City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Betts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Fortson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Midland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bibb City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Hilton Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Branton Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Flint Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Box Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- LaGrange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Lake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Mountville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Abbottsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Louise
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Evansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Osanippa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Lanett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Huguley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Cusseta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Boyds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Evansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- LaFayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Blanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Chewacla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Opelika
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Beauregard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- The Bottle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marvyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Ladonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Crawford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Hugley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Fort Mitchell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clines Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Clines Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Clines Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clines Crossroads.
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 Clines Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clines Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Old Smyrna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Billingslea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith - Hattox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hopewell 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.<3>
While we didn't find Clines Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clines Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clines Crossroads, with the one closest to Clines Crossroads listed first.
- Mountain Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Whitesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Acton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Acton is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Mulberry Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- River View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Hamilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Mechanicsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Kingsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fortson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clines Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clines Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Clines Crossroads ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clines Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clines Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clines Crossroads.
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 Clines Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Heard County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Clines Crossroads, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clines Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |