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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 Fighting Pine (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 Fighting Pine. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Fighting Pine is located in Stephens 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 Stephens County: Banks, Franklin, Habersham & Oconee (SC).

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

  • Stephens County     (The home county of Fighting Pine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Jarrett
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jarrett is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
    • Eastanollee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Toccoa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Avalon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Avalon is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
    • Carnes Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
      • Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
    • Martin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Toccoa Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Banks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Homer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Bowman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Harper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Harper is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Parhams
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Parhams is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
    • Gumlog
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gumlog is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
    • Lavonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Aquilla ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Aquilla is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
    • Carnesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Plainview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainview is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Canon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cromers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Cromers is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
    • Franklin Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Royston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Habersham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Tugaloo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
    • Turnerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Airy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Hills is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
    • Clarkesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cornelia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Baldwin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Demorest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Alto
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Alto is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,207 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <1>
    • Raoul
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Raoul is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
    • Mauldins ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Mauldins is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
      • Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Lula
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gillsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clermont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hart County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Bowersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Maretts
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Maretts is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
    • Flat Shoals
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
    • Reed Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Reed Creek is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
    • Crawfords Ferry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
    • Hartwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooleys Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
    • Dooleys Ferry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
  • Jackson County
    • Commerce
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Madison Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Shiloh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Shiloh is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Harrison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Harrison is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
      • Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
    • Dalton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Dalton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
    • Ila
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ila is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ila
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ila <1>
    • Danielsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Rabun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Tallulah Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakemont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wiley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Antioch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Antioch is located in Rabun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Tiger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clayton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mountain City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Germany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Germany is located in Rabun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
    • Dillard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Sky Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Sautee - Nacoochee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Nacoochee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Nacoochee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
    • Naguchee ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Naguchee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
    • Helen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Leo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Leo is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
      • Leo has also been known as:
      • Meldean
    • Cleveland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Robertstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Robertstown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
    • Yonah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Yonah is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
  • Anderson County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Townville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Price ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Andersonville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
    • Leisure Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Pendleton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • La France
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Holland Store
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
      • Holland Store has also been known as:
      • Hollands
    • Sandy Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Centerville Terrace Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Centerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Oconee County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Madison
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Harbin ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
    • Westminster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
    • Battle Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
    • Longcreek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Richland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Play
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Walhalla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • West Union
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Seneca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Seneca is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,564 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <1>
    • Utica
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Mountain Rest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Pickens County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fighting Pine, with the one closest to Fighting Pine listed first.
    • Clemson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Clemson is located in Pickens County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,780 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clemson <1>
    • Isaqueena Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
    • Central
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Central is located in Pickens County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <1>
    • Six Mile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Fighting Pine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fighting Pine.

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 Fighting Pine - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cross Roads Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Stephens County Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Stonecupher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Eastanollee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fair Play Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Liberty Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Walton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Providence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Philadelphia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (456 more) ...
    • Stowe Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayes Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Confidence 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>

While we didn't find Fighting Pine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fighting Pine.

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

  • Martin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harbin ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
  • Red Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Salubrity ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Salubrity is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubrity
  • Westminster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lavonia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Retreat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Retreat is located in Oconee County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
  • Oakway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
  • Tugaloo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
  • Battle Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
  • Carnesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Tallulah Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Turnerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Airy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Shoal Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Shoal Creek is located in Hart County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Fighting Pine ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fighting Pine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fighting Pine, 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 Fighting Pine.

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 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 Fighting Pine:

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 Fighting Pine, 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' (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- Fighting Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.