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 Elder (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 Elder. 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 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.
Elder is located in Oconee 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 Oconee County: Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oglethorpe & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Elder. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elder:
- Oconee County (The home county of Elder)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Watkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Spartan Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- North High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eastville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Overlook Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Osceola Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Bogart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Statham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Russell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Winder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Chamberlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Lexington Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Winterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Jefferson Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Greensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Daniel Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swaggy Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- White Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Hancock County
- Gum Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Attica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Nicholson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jasper County
- Shady Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Hull
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Patterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Colbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Planter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Comer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danielsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ila
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Bostwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Braswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Smyrna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Buckhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rutledge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Hub Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Newborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- East Wood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Dixie Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Mansfield Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Mansfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Maxeys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stephens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Eatonton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Carters Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Crawfordville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Good Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whitney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Campton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Social Circle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Between
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Jersey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Split Silk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Walnut Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Youth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tyrone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elder, see our County-by-County Page for Elder.
Cemeteries Near Elder ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elder.
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 Elder - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Hardigree Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hardigree - Aycock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jacks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fambrough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Willoughby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mayne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- Huff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Elder had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elder, with the one closest to Elder listed first.
- Farmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bishop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Bostwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greshamville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greshamville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshamville
- Maxeys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stephens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Penfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Eastville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Buckhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bairdstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bairdstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Crawford
(13 miles [20.9 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 Elder. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elder.
Newspapers Published in Elder ...
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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elder.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elder, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elder.
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 websites either 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 Elder:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Oconee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Taliaferro County
- Walton County
- Wilkes 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> | 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- Elder) 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 Elder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |