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 Cottons 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 Cottons 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 Cottons 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 Cottons Crossroads: Cottons Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Cottons Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cottons Crossroads may originally have been Cotton's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cottons Crossroads might be written as Cotton 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 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.
Cottons Crossroads is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Cottons Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cottons Crossroads:
- Troup County (The home county of Cottons Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- North West Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Lake Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Rockwell Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- LaGrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sassafrass Hills
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Sunny Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Whitfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Louise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Coweta County
- Grantville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Pine Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Mountainbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cataula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Glenn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- O'Neals Crossroad
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Harris City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Lone Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Fortson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Maridale Estates
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Lincoln Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bibb City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Hilton Heights
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Branton Woods
(29 miles [46.7 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
- East Edgewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Eady City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- River View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Osanippa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Cusseta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 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
- LaFayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Blanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chewacla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Gwen Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station
(23 miles [37 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
- Prince Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- The Bottle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Beauregard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Rock Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- High Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Ladonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Crawford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Phenix City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Dudleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Frog Eye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cottons Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Cottons Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Cottons Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cottons 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 Cottons Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cottons Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eastview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview Cemetery
- The Eastview Cemetery has also been known as:
- East View Cemetery
- Rivers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lovelace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shawmut Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shawmut Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lanett (AL).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26191 <3>
- Cooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Traylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forty Tyler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Long Cane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Langdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cottons Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cottons Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cottons Crossroads, with the one closest to Cottons Crossroads listed first.
- West Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gabbettville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Long Cane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- River View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Whitesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Osanippa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- LaGrange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Cusseta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mountain Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cottons Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cottons Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Cottons 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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottons Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cottons Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cottons Crossroads.
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 Cottons Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Russell County
- Tallapoosa 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cottons Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Cottons Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |