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 Ethridge (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 Ethridge. 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 and 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.
Ethridge is located in Elbert 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 Elbert County: Hart, Lincoln, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Abbeville (SC), Anderson (SC) & McCormick (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Ethridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ethridge:
- Elbert County (The home county of Ethridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Elberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Silk Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Dewy Rose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Harper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Winterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Lexington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Chamberlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Jefferson Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Royston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lavonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Parhams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Flat Shoals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dooleys Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Bowersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Maretts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Reed Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Crawfords Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Jackson County
- Nicholson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Carlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Comer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Colbert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Danielsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shiloh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Patterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Ila
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Planter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Veribest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arnoldsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Stephens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maxeys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stephens County
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro County
- Carters Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Tignall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Rayle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Lowndesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Latimer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Lake Secession
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Holland Store
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Iva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Starr
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Deans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Price ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Homeland Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Willington is located in McCormick County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County (SC)
- Fair Play
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ethridge, see our County-by-County Page for Ethridge.
Cemeteries Near Ethridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ethridge.
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 Ethridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ethridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Dove Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stinchcomb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whites Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dewy Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deep Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moore - Booth Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore - Booth Family Cemetery
- The Moore - Booth Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jack Moore Family Cemetery
- Moore Family Cemetery
- Forest Hills Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (364 more) ...
- Mobley Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Ethridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ethridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ethridge, with the one closest to Ethridge listed first.
- Oglesby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oglesby is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
- Elberton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nickville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickville
- Carlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Middleton is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Ruckersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Point Peter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Point Peter is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peter
- Bowman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paoli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paoli is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vesta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vesta is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Stansell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stansell is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansell
- Coldwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Ethridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ethridge.
Newspapers Published in Ethridge ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ethridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ethridge, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ethridge.
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 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 Ethridge:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Elbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Taliaferro County
- Wilkes County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- McCormick County
- Oconee 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 Ethridge, 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 from Point A (ie- Ethridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |