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 Fitzpatrick (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 Fitzpatrick. 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 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.
Fitzpatrick is located in Twiggs 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 Twiggs County: Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Laurens & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Fitzpatrick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fitzpatrick:
- Twiggs County (The home county of Fitzpatrick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Dry Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Jeffersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Coopers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Brown's Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- The Colony
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Hardwick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Milledgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meriwether
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Black Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Wheeler Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- East Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Cross Keys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Rutland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Payne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bloomfield Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Vinson Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Brookhaven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Lizella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bleckley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Allentown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Royal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
- Cochran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Empire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yonkers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yonkers is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Elberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Stathams Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Warner Robins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonaire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodard Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Kathleen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clinchfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Perry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Mountain Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Jones Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Belvedere Manor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Pitts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Morton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Gray
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haddock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fortville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Bradley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Montrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smarr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Echeconnee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miami Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Taylors Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Fort Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Gardner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gardner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
- Oconee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Brooks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Dedrich
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Irwinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McIntyre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toomsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fitzpatrick, see our County-by-County Page for Fitzpatrick.
Cemeteries Near Fitzpatrick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fitzpatrick.
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 Fitzpatrick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fitzpatrick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Wall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Finch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Upper Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shiloh CME Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones - Denson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tharp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Linda Melton Late Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Land Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Hale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fitzpatrick had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fitzpatrick, with the one closest to Fitzpatrick listed first.
- Dry Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reids
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reids is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Lewiston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lewiston is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Rutland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Sofkee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Walden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Ivey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Echeconnee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Irwinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McIntyre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fitzpatrick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fitzpatrick.
Newspapers Published in Fitzpatrick ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fitzpatrick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fitzpatrick, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fitzpatrick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Fitzpatrick:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Twiggs County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bibb County
- Bleckley County
- Dodge County
- Houston County
- Jones County
- Laurens County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Washington County
- Wilkinson 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 Fitzpatrick, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fitzpatrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |