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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 Flovilla (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 Flovilla. 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 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.

Flovilla is located in Butts 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 Butts County: Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton & Spalding.

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

  • Butts County     (The home county of Flovilla)
  • Bibb County
  • Clayton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla listed first.
    • Lovejoy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonanza
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonanza is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Irondale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Irondale is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • DeKalb County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla listed first.
    • Woolsey Woods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Woolsey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Woolsey is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blacksville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Blacksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
    • McDonough
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tunis ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunis is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
    • Whitehouse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitehouse is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
    • Hampton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Highland Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Oakwood Manor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
    • Stockbridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockbridge North
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
      • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
  • Jasper County
  • Jones County
  • Lamar County
  • Monroe County
  • Morgan County
    • Rutledge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla listed first.
    • Mansfield Estates
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
    • Mansfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Newborn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixie Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Dixie Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
    • Newton Woods
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Newton Woods is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
    • Porterdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Salem Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Salem Branch is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
    • Covington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Dixie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • East Wood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East Wood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
    • Salem Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Salem Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
    • Hub Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Pike County
  • Putnam County
  • Rockdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla listed first.
    • Conyers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Milstead
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
      • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
  • Spalding County
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla listed first.
    • Yatesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Walton County

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

Cemeteries Near Flovilla ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flovilla.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flovilla, with the one closest to Flovilla 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 Flovilla had a population of 422 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Flovilla had a population of 675 people.

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

  • Indian Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Indian Springs is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Cork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cork is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
  • Jackson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Smiths Mill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Smiths Mill is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
  • Stark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stark is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
  • Elgin ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Elgin is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Blount
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blount is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount
  • Cabaniss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
  • Gladesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gladesville is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
  • Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • High Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • High Falls is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
  • Jenkinsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Worthville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Worthville is located in Butts County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
    • Minneta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Minneta is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneta
    • Peeksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Peeksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Flovilla ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flovilla.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Flovilla. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Flovilla and those printed in the larger area surrounding Flovilla.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> of Flovilla.

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 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 Flovilla:

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 Flovilla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flovilla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.