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 Cyrene (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 Cyrene. 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 doctors and 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.
Cyrene is located in Decatur 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 Decatur County: Gadsden (FL), Baker, Grady, Miller, Mitchell & Seminole.
Below are the counties that are near Cyrene. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cyrene:
- Decatur County (The home county of Cyrene)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Brinson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Faceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Faceville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
- Recovery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
- Climax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vada
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vada is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,457 people
- Attapulgus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Lamar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Mimsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mimsville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimsville
- Anna
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Anna is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Hawkinstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkinstown is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinstown
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,270 people
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Early County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Jakin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
- Damascus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Douglass Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
- Hentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hentown is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cedar Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Douglasville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Douglasville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 11,695 people
- Sawhatchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sawhatchee is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawhatchee
- Grady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Whigham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Calvary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reno is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Estimated population in 2019: 285 people
- Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Good Hope ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Boykin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Boykin is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Floydtown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
- Colquitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mayhaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mayhaw is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
- Mitchell County
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Seminole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Iron City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Donalsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steam Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Steam Mill is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
- Butlers Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
- Houston County (AL)
- Gordon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Houston County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Gadsden County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Chattahoochee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- River Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- River Junction is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Gretna
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Douglas City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Douglas City is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
- Quincy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sycamore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Havana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Butler ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Butler is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Parramore ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Parramore is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
- Sneads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Two Egg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Two Egg is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
- Bascom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Grand Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Malone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leon County (FL)
- Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ocklockonee is located in Leon County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cyrene, see our County-by-County Page for Cyrene.
Cemeteries Near Cyrene ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cyrene.
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 Cyrene - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cyrene covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ash Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Enterprise Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Breedlove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chason Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cloud Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trawick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Olive Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hornsby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Cyrene in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cyrene.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cyrene, with the one closest to Cyrene listed first.
- Brinson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorendo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eldorendo is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorendo
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Twilight ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Twilight is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spooner is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Fowlstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Recovery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
- Faceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Faceville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
- Horns Cross Road ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horns Cross Road is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Cross Road
- Colquitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Climax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mayhaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mayhaw is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chattahoochee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Attapulgus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jakin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cyrene. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cyrene.
Newspapers Published in Cyrene ...
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 Cyrene.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cyrene, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cyrene.
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 Cyrene:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Decatur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baker County
- Early County
- Grady County
- Miller County
- Mitchell County
- Seminole County
- Houston County
- Gadsden County
- Jackson County
- Leon 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 Cyrene, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cyrene) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |