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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 Douglasville (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 Douglasville. 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 doctors 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.

Douglasville is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Fulton & Paulding.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Douglasville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Springwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Lakeland Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
    • Windwood Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
    • Blair Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 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
    • White City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Flowers Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
    • Winston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lithia Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ephesus Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
    • Villa Rica
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tyree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyree is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
    • Hannah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannah is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
  • Bartow County
  • Carroll County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Gibson Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
    • Motes Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
    • Payne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Payne is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Tyson Estates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
    • Allatoona Pass
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Kingridge West
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Colemans Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
    • Lebanon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clayton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Normandy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Normandy is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
      • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
    • Kings Forest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
    • Coxs Crossing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Coxs Crossing is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Crossing
    • Windermere Woods
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Windermere Woods is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,937 people
    • Oak Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Village is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Riverdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shangri-La on the Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Shangri-La on the Lake is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri-La on the Lake
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,862 people
    • Forest Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dartmouth Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
    • Riverdale Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
    • Conley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Clayton Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Powder Springs Chase
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
    • Austell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarkdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Furniture City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Furniture City is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City
    • Powder Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordon Woods
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Gordon Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,857 people
    • Knox Springs Estates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Knox Springs Estates is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Springs Estates
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 69 people
    • Mableton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Macland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Blue Ridge Manor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Blue Ridge Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,461 people
    • Ivey Terrace
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Ivey Terrace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey Terrace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 914 people
    • Brookside Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Brookside Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Sargent
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Newnan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • East Newnan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • East Newnan is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
    • Smokey Acres
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
    • Sharpsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jade Lake Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
    • Turin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Druid Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • East Atlanta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • East Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlanta
    • Brookhaven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Emory
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Emory is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 393 people
    • La Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta
    • Turner Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Turner Village is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Village
    • Decatur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Gresham Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Gresham Park is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham Park
    • North Decatur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • North Decatur is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Decatur
    • North Druid Hills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Dunwoody West
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
      • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Tyrone Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
    • Tyrone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin Farms
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Franklin Farms is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Farms
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,192 people
    • Lafayette Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lafayette Estates is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,339 people
    • Fayette Villa Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
    • Winterthur Woods
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tinsley Mill Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
    • Peachtree City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Blakely Woods
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
    • Fayetteville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McIntosh Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
    • Hamptons Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
  • Fulton County
  • Haralson County
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Indian Rose
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
    • Home Place Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
    • Hiram
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dallas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Forrister
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Hanlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Braswell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglasville, with the one closest to Douglasville listed first.
    • Rockmart
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Aragon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people

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

Cemeteries Near Douglasville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Douglasville.

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

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

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

  • Hunter Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunrise Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sweetwater Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mozley Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Holly Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Causey Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Community Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • McKenney Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sorrells Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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    • Star of Bethlehem Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • McKoy Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Douglasville had a population of 863 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Douglasville had a population of 34,036 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Douglasville ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Douglasville.

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 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 Douglasville:

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 Douglasville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.