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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 Dallas (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 Dallas. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Dallas is located in Paulding County and is the County Seat.

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 Paulding County: Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson & Polk.

Below are the counties that are near Dallas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dallas:

  • Paulding County     (The home county of Dallas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Forrister
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Country Acres
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Home Place Acres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
    • Hanlin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Hiram
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Braswell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Rose
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Stilesboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
    • Taylorsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Bartow is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
    • Emerson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Shellman ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Shellman is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
      • Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
    • Allatoona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Cartersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Euharlee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Buena Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
    • Rodgers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ligon ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ligon is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
    • Country Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Country Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
  • Carroll County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Payne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Payne is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Gibson Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
    • Motes Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
    • Tyson Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
    • Allatoona Pass
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingridge West
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
    • Skyridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
    • Breeze Hill Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
    • Woodstock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lebanon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Colemans Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
    • Holly Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardman Place
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
  • Clayton County
    • Normandy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Normandy is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
      • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Powder Springs Chase
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
    • Macland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Powder Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mars Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Calumet Woods
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Shiloh West
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Clarkdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Acworth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mitchell Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Blue Ridge Manor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Blue Ridge Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,461 people
    • Kennesaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Austell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Dunwoody West
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
      • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
    • Brookhaven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Dunwoody
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • La Vista
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • La Vista is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
    • North Atlanta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta
    • Druid Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Turner Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Turner Village is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Village
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • White City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • White City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Winston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Douglasville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeland Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
    • Lithia Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ephesus Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
    • Springwood Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Villa Rica
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Windwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
    • Blair Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
    • Flowers Estates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
    • Tyree
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tyree is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
    • Hannah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hannah is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Brice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wax
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bass Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
    • Dykes ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dykes is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
    • Silver Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lindale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlanta Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemont Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chiaha ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chiaha is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
    • Rome
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hermitage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Robealou Acres
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
    • Summerville Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • South Fulton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rivertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Corn Creek Cove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
    • Tell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Tell is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tell
    • Rico
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pontevedra
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
      • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
    • Montwicke
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Montwicke is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
    • Sandy Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
    • Chattahoochee Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Adams Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Brookwood is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood
    • Buckhead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Haralson County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.
    • Rockmart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Aragon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Cedartown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Greenway ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Greenway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dallas, see our County-by-County Page for Dallas.

Cemeteries Near Dallas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dallas.

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 Dallas - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dallas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dallas had a population of 455 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dallas had a population of 14,388 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dallas, with the one closest to Dallas listed first.

  • New Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Hope is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
  • Pumpkin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pumpkin is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin
  • McPherson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • McPherson is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
  • Rollins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rollins is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
  • Nebo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Nebo is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
  • Hiram
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Etta ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Etta is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
  • Remus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Remus is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remus
  • Roxana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roxana is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
  • Story ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Story is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Lost Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain
  • Braswell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Yorkville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Yorkville is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
    • Brownsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Powder Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dallas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dallas.

Newspapers Published in Dallas ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dallas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Dallas:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Dallas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Dallas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.