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 The 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 The 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.
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.
The 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 The Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Crossroads:
- Troup County (The home county of The Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Sunny Point
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Graysons Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Asta Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- LaGrange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Louise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Abbottsford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- West Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Whitesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Grantville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smokey Acres
(21 miles [33.8 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
- East Newnan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Pine Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] 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
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- O'Neals Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Roosterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Lone Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Betts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Carrolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Woodbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Evansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stroud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Five Points
(18 miles [29 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
- Doublehead
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Plant City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Huguley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Clackville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Rock Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- High Shoals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Roanoke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Peavy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Sewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Corbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Woodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Wedowee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Cambridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Truett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for The Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near The Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The 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 The Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Moody Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shadowlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hill View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Cemetery
- The Hill View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillview East Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Heard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shilolt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Philpot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (526 more) ...
- Owensby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tatum Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find The Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Crossroads, with the one closest to The Crossroads listed first.
- Owensbyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Houston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- LaGrange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whitfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Glenn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Cooksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Texas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Texas is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Long Cane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Gabbettville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in The 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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 The Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa 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 The 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |