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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 Fairburn (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 Fairburn. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Fairburn is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth & Gwinnett.

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

  • Fulton County     (The home county of Fairburn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Union City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fife
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rebecca Lake Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
    • Pontevedra
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
      • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
    • Tell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Tell is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tell
    • Corn Creek Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
    • Carlton Woods
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
    • Palmetto
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Biscayne Club
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Biscayne Club is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Club
      • Estimated population in 2019: 274 people
    • Red Oak
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Wing Cove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Wing Cove is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing Cove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,604 people
    • South Fulton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Carroll County
  • Clayton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Kings Forest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
    • Normandy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Normandy is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
      • Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
    • Shangri-La on the Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Windermere Woods
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Windermere Woods is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,937 people
    • Riverdale Acres
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
    • Riverdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Clayton Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
    • Dartmouth Estates
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
    • Fox Run
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Oak Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Oak Village is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Forest Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Coxs Crossing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coxs Crossing is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Crossing
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Knox Springs Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Knox Springs Estates is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox Springs Estates
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 69 people
    • Gordon Woods
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Gordon Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,857 people
    • Nelsons Ferry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Nelsons Ferry is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,377 people
    • Brookside Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Brookside Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
    • Furniture City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Furniture City is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City
    • Ivey Terrace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Ivey Terrace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey Terrace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 914 people
    • Austell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mableton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Clarkdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Blue Ridge Manor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Blue Ridge Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,461 people
    • Powder Springs Chase
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Powder Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Jade Lake Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
    • Sharpsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Turin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Senoia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Newnan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Newnan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • East Newnan is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
    • Sargent
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Smokey Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
    • Bexton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bexton is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
    • Moreland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Haralson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Smith City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Smith City is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • East Atlanta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • East Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlanta
    • Gresham Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Gresham Park is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham Park
    • East Glen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • East Glen is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
    • Druid Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenwood Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Panthersville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Decatur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Emory
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Emory is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 393 people
    • Turner Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Turner Village is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Village
    • Avondale Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Belvedere Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Belvedere Park is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Park
    • La Vista
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • La Vista is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Flowers Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
    • Blair Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
    • Springwood Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Windwood Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
    • Douglasville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeland Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
    • Lithia Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hannah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Hannah is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
    • White City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • White City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Winston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyree
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Tyree is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
    • Ephesus Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Tyrone Acres
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
    • Tyrone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Franklin Farms
      (6 miles [9.7 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
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • 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
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • 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
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Blakely Woods
      (10 miles [16.1 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
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Peachtree City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tinsley Mill Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
    • McIntosh Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
    • Harp
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Haralson County
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Oakwood Manor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
    • Stockbridge North
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • 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 east)
    • Hampton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Highland Village is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Tunis ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tunis is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
    • Whitehouse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Whitehouse is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
    • Blacksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Blacksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
    • McDonough
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Meriwether County
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairburn, with the one closest to Fairburn listed first.
    • Indian Rose
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
    • Hiram
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Home Place Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Dallas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Acres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Forrister
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
  • Pike County
    • Williamson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spalding County

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

Cemeteries Near Fairburn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairburn.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fairburn had a population of 695 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fairburn had a population of 17,136 people.

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

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Fairburn:

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