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 Esmond (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 Esmond. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Esmond is located in Spalding 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 Spalding County: Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Esmond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Esmond:
- Spalding County (The home county of Esmond)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Experiment
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Griffin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Sunny Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fincherville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Lovejoy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bonanza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Fox Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Dartmouth Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Wilkshire Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Riverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shangri-La on the Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Morrow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Senoia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Haralson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jade Lake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sharpsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bexton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Smith City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- East Newnan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grantville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Smokey Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- East Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Klondike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pinehurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Gresham Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gresham Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham Park
- Panthersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Woolsey Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Inman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Foreston Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- McIntosh Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Fayetteville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamptons Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Blakely Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Winterthur Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Fife
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Biscayne Club
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Biscayne Club is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Club
- Estimated population in 2019: 274 people
- Fairburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Doral Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Doral Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doral Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,265 people
- Palmetto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blair Village is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Village
- College Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hapeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Highland Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stockbridge North
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Stockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Milner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aldora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Goggins
- From Esmond to Goggins
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Gay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Edman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carrolls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Luthersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Betts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Box Ankle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forsyth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Culloden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Salem Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Salem Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Molena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Delray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- The Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Barker Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Thomaston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yatesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Esmond, see our County-by-County Page for Esmond.
Cemeteries Near Esmond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Esmond.
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 Esmond - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Esmond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Mt. Zion UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westwood Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Veteran's Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- John Bates Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Williamson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (502 more) ...
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pitts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Esmond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Esmond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Esmond, with the one closest to Esmond listed first.
- Zetella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zetella is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
- Griffin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Experiment
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Pomona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Vaughn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vaughn is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
- Sunny Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beeks ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beeks is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
- Hampton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woolsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Inman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hollonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Esmond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Esmond.
Newspapers Published in Esmond ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Esmond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Esmond, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Esmond.
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 Esmond:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Spalding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- DeKalb County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Upson 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 Esmond, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Esmond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |