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 Cumberland (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 Cumberland. 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 and 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.
Cumberland is located in Oconee 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 Oconee County: Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oglethorpe & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Cumberland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cumberland:
- Oconee County (The home county of Cumberland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Marshall Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Bishop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North High Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Watkinsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- High Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spartan Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Overlook Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bogart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Banks County
- Maysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Statham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Winder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Pine Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Riverside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Cleveland Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Chamberlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Lexington Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Jefferson Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Winterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Greensboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Union Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Siloam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Loganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dacula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Grayson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Klondike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Candler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Chestnut Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Attica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Nicholson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Commerce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Braselton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoschton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pendergrass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Hull
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Planter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Colbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danielsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Comer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ila
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Madison Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Bostwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Braswell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Madison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Rutledge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buckhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Hub Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- East Wood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Dixie Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Essex Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Newborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maxeys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stephens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Veribest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Putnam County
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Rockdale County
- Zingara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Good Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Campton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whitney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Nicholasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Social Circle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Between
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Jersey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Split Silk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Walnut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Youth
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cumberland, see our County-by-County Page for Cumberland.
Cemeteries Near Cumberland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cumberland.
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 Cumberland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cumberland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Klutts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fullilove - Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sheats - Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bishop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rays Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bearden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (509 more) ...
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hardigree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Cumberland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cumberland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cumberland, with the one closest to Cumberland listed first.
- Bishop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- High Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watkinsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bostwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Fairplay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplay is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dunlap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Winterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clarksboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cumberland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cumberland.
Newspapers Published in Cumberland ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cumberland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cumberland, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cumberland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cumberland:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Oconee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale County
- Walton 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> | 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 Cumberland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cumberland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |