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 Cooksville (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 Cooksville. 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 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.
Cooksville is located in Heard 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 Heard County: Randolph (AL), Carroll, Coweta & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Cooksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cooksville:
- Heard County (The home county of Cooksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Corinth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Centralhatchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Glenn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Frolona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Roosterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Fairlawn Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bowdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mount Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bowdon Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Grantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Moreland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smith City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- East Newnan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Bexton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Newnan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Turin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Haralson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Senoia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Hannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Peachtree City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Foreston Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Tyrone Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
- Tyrone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Villa Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Chattahoochee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carlton Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Palmetto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Rivertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Gay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Betts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Warm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Graysons Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Brays Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Hogansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Sunny Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Louise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Whitfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Mountville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Abbottsford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Evansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Stroud
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Doublehead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Fredonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Five Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Plant City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clackville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Red Level
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Eady City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Chapel Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Ranburne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Rock Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- High Shoals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Sewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Roanoke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Corbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Peavy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Newell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Cambridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Wedowee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cooksville, see our County-by-County Page for Cooksville.
Cemeteries Near Cooksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooksville.
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 Cooksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cooksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Cook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Harmonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bruce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Darden - Crain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carser Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dowell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Purgason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ware Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (545 more) ...
- Philpot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cooksville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cooksville, with the one closest to Cooksville listed first.
- Corinth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Owensbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enon Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Enon Grove is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Grove
- Viola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Grantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Handy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Handy is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Whitfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Texas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Texas is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Yellow Dirt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yellow Dirt is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Dirt
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saint Marks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Glenloch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenloch is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenloch
- Saint Charles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Charles is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cooksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooksville.
Newspapers Published in Cooksville ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooksville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooksville.
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 Cooksville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Heard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Meriwether County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Cleburne County
- Randolph 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 Cooksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cooksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |