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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cluese. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cluese to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cluese, please Contact Us.


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 Cluese (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 Cluese. 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 southeast 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cluese is historic, it would have been located within present day Columbia 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 Columbia County: Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Edgefield (SC) & McCormick (SC).

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Cluese)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Appling
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kiokee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Kiokee is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
    • Maddox
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Maddox is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
    • Snead
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Snead is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
    • Harlem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sawdust
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Sawdust is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Evans
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Grovetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Forrest ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Forrest is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
    • Arrow Head
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
    • Lamkin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamkin is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
    • Fort Gordon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Burke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Keysville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
  • Glascock County
    • Gibson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Matthews
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Noah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Noah is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
      • Noah has also been known as:
      • Noah Station
    • Wrens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wrens is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,924 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrens <2>
    • Stapleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Wrens Station
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
    • Avera
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Avera is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avera <2>
    • Zebina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Zebina is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Loce
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Loce is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
    • Lincolnton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Goshen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Goshen is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Midway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Hesters Ferry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • McDuffie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Hamilton Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
    • Thomson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
      • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
    • Boneville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Dearing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Megahee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Megahee is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
  • Richmond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Belair
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Belair is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
    • Bonair
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • Waverly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Waverly is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Barton Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Barton Village is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
    • National Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Forest Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockbrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Fleming Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
    • Richmond Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
    • Southgate Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Southgate Village is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
    • Blythe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Augusta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Taliaferro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Raytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
    • Sharon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Mesena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cadley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cadley is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
    • Camak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Warrenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Barnett is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Lundberg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
      • Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
    • Washington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Tignall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • New Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Town is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Tyrone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
  • Aiken County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • North Augusta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Belvedere
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Belvedere is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Clearwater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Burnettown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Burnettown is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,769 people
    • Springdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Savanna Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
    • Bath
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Beech Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gloverville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Langley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Edgefield County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Colliers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Murphys Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Edgefield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgefield is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,825 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgefield <2>
    • Trenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Trenton is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <2>
  • Greenwood County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Troy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Troy is located in Greenwood County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
    • Bradley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • McCormick County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cluese, with the one closest to Cluese listed first.
    • Clarks Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Modoc
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Parksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Plum Branch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • McCormick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • McCormick is located in McCormick County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCormick <2>
    • Liberty Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Willington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Willington is located in McCormick County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
    • Mount Carmel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cluese, see our County-by-County Page for Cluese.

Cemeteries Near Cluese ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cluese.

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 Cluese - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Blanchard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hardin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • White Oak UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Susie Bostic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marshall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Snellings Memorial Acre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Avery Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Spring Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Old Griffin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (427 more) ...
    • Collins Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hogan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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.

Cluese itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Appling
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
  • Kiokee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kiokee is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
  • Eubank ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eubank is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubank
  • Leathersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
  • Amity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Amity is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
  • Double Branches
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Double Branches is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
  • Agnes ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Agnes is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
  • Thomson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Modoc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Adasburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Adasburg is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adasburg
  • Boneville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Dearing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sawdust
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Sawdust is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Harlem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Cluese ...

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 Cluese.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cluese, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cluese.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Cluese:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cluese, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cluese) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.