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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Folks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Folks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Folks, please Contact Us.
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 Folks (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 Folks. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Folks is historic, it would have been located within present day Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Baker, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Randolph & Terrell.
Below are the counties that are near Folks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Folks:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Folks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Morgan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Leary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holt is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Mimsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mimsville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimsville
- Hawkinstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hawkinstown is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinstown
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,270 people
- Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Bluffton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bellville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 118 people
- Fort Gaines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oketeyeconne ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oketeyeconne is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketeyeconne
- Dougherty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Dawson Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dawson Heights is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,246 people
- Lake Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake Park is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,207 people
- Relswood Terrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Relswood Terrace is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relswood Terrace
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,079 people
- West Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Town is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Colonial Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Colonial Place is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Place
- Eugemar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eugemar is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugemar
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,367 people
- Hinds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hinds is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,273 people
- Colonial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- East Towne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Towne is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Towne
- Elon Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elon Village is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon Village
- Turner City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Turner City is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner City
- Early County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Douglasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Douglasville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 11,695 people
- Bancroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Douglass Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
- Damascus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blakely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hentown is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Palmyra is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell County
- De Witt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- De Witt is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 154 people
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Morris
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hatcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hatcher is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Shellman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cuthbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brooksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wades
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wades is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
- Stewart County
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sumter County
- Sumter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Terrell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Clarks Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
- Herod
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Herod is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
- Dawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sasser
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yeomans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yeomans is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
- Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
- Parrott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bronwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Olivers Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Leveretts
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Weston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Henry County (AL)
- Shorterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shorterville is located in Henry County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorterville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Folks, see our County-by-County Page for Folks.
Cemeteries Near Folks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Folks.
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 Folks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Folks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Light Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethelem Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Regan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dickey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Collier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pachitla Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Stephen's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stephen's Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Edison.
- The St. Stephen's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stevens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36787 <3>
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
Folks itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Folks, with the one closest to Folks listed first.
- Dickey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Morgan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shellman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Leary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuthbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bluffton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Sasser
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Benevolence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benevolence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevolence
- Armena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Armena is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armena
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Folks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Folks.
Newspapers Published in Folks ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Folks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Folks, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Folks.
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 Folks:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baker County
- Clay County
- Dougherty County
- Early County
- Lee County
- Mitchell County
- Quitman County
- Randolph County
- Stewart County
- Sumter County
- Terrell County
- Webster County
- Henry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Folks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Folks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |