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 Eagle Grove (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 Eagle Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Eagle Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Eagle Grove: Eagle Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Eagle Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eagle Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Eagle Grove is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Elbert, Franklin, Madison, Anderson (SC) & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Eagle Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle Grove:
- Hart County (The home county of Eagle Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Flat Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Dooleys Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Reed Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Cooleys Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Crawfords Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Banks County
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clarke County
- Winterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Bowman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Dewy Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Elberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Bowman Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Royston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Canon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gumlog
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Cromers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Parhams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Plainview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Commerce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nicholson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Harrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Madison Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Dalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danielsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Comer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ila
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Colbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Planter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Hull
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Veribest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Crawford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arnoldsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Jarrett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Toccoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toccoa Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Lowndesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Latimer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Calhoun Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Level Land
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Holland Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Price ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Starr
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Townville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Deans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Leisure Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Centerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Anderson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Fair Play
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oakway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Utica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Seneca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Clemson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle Grove.
Cemeteries Near Eagle Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Grove.
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 Eagle Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Old Hendry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hendry Cemetery
- The Old Hendry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Hendry's Baptist Church Cemetery
- St. Johns CME Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Browns Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Redwine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McGarity Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarity Family Cemetery
- The McGarity Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kay Family Cemetery
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Holley Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eagle Grove had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle Grove, with the one closest to Eagle Grove listed first.
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Hartwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Royston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bowman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bowersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dewy Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Montevideo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Shoal Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Madison Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Lavonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Reed Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Nickville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nickville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickville
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Grove.
Newspapers Published in Eagle Grove ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Grove, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Eagle Grove:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Oconee County
- Pickens 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 Eagle Grove, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eagle Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |