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 Cunningham (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 Cunningham. 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 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.
Cunningham is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Cunningham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cunningham:
- Floyd County (The home county of Cunningham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Robealou Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Lindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Cave Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oreburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Taylorsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Euharlee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Country Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Adairsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rodgers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cartersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Zula ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Summerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Menlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cloudland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Plainville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Sugar Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Felton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Budapest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Braswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Seney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Cedartown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Aragon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Rockmart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esom Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Dailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Nances Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Tecumseh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Rock Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Howells Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Noah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Exie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Gaylesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Lickskillet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Adamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Sigsbee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cunningham, see our County-by-County Page for Cunningham.
Cemeteries Near Cunningham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cunningham.
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 Cunningham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cunningham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Montgomery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bobo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bush Arbor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Community Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain End Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ware Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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, Cunningham had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cunningham, with the one closest to Cunningham listed first.
- Landers ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Vans Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Foster Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Foster Mills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Mills
- Cave Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeseburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Silver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Livingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- New Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Lake Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Oreburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cunningham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cunningham.
Newspapers Published in Cunningham ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cunningham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cunningham, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cunningham.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cunningham:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb 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 Cunningham, 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' (or 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- Cunningham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |