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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 Coleman (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 Coleman. 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 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.

Coleman is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Calhoun, Clay, Quitman, Stewart, Terrell & Webster.

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

  • Randolph County     (The home county of Coleman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Cuthbert
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wades
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wades is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
    • Shellman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Five Points
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Brooksville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brooksville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
  • Baker County
  • Calhoun County
  • Clay County
  • Early County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Bancroft
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Bancroft is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Blakely
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Rock Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rock Hill is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 248 people
    • Douglasville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Damascus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hentown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hentown is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
    • Sawhatchee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Douglass Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
  • Quitman County
  • Stewart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Sanford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sanford is located in Stewart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
      • Estimated population in 2019: 159 people
    • Mount Zion ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lumpkin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Florence
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Richland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Terrell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Clarks Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
    • Herod
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Herod is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
    • Parrott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dawson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Yeomans
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yeomans is located in Terrell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Weston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leveretts
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Barbour County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Eufaula
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotton Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bakerhill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Big Eddy ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Eddy is located in Barbour County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
  • Henry County (AL)
  • Houston County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Williams is located in Houston County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams

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

Cemeteries Near Coleman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coleman.

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

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

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

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Vilulah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Singletary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Judson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carnegie Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • Mt. Hebron Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mt. Gilead Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coleman had a population of 211 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Pecan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pecan is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
  • Cuthbert
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Gaines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bluffton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Springvale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Springvale is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Edison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatcher
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shorterville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shorterville is located in Henry County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorterville
  • Otho
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Otho is located in Henry County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otho
  • Dickey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dickey is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Folks ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Folks is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folks
  • Shellman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Benevolence
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Benevolence is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevolence
    • Arlington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardwickburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hardwickburg is located in Henry County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwickburg

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

Newspapers Published in Coleman ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coleman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coleman, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coleman.

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 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 Coleman:

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 Coleman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coleman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.