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 Fowlertown (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 Fowlertown. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Fowlertown 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 Fowlertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fowlertown:
- Stephens County (The home county of Fowlertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Toccoa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carnes Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Toccoa Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eastanollee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jarrett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Avalon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Bowman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 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 Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Parhams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Plainview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Gumlog
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Carnesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Lavonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canon
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Royston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Mount Airy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tugaloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Turnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Clarkesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cornelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Demorest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Baldwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raoul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Lula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gillsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clermont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Surf Side Club Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
- Brookton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- White Sulphur Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Land ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Hargrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Jarrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Bowersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maretts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Reed Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Flat Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Crawfords Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cooleys Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Dooleys Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 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
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Commerce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dry Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Nicholson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin County
- Grace ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Madison Springs
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Ila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Danielsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Planter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Rabun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Tallulah Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lakemont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wiley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tiger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Germany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Germany is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Mountain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- 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 Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Nacoochee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yonah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Robertstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Townville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Price ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Leisure Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- 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
- Westminster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Longcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Walhalla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Rest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pickens County (SC)
- Clemson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fowlertown, see our County-by-County Page for Fowlertown.
Cemeteries Near Fowlertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fowlertown.
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 Fowlertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fowlertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Stowe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carnes Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Zebulon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hayes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Toccoa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens County Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Currahee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (464 more) ...
- Stonecupher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lathan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Fowlertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fowlertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fowlertown, with the one closest to Fowlertown listed first.
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Airy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Salubrity ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salubrity is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubrity
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Anandale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Anandale is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale
- Tugaloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Turnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornelia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tallulah Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clarkesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Demorest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hollingsworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollingsworth is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth
- Jewelville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jewelville is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewelville
- Walnut Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Walnut Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fowlertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fowlertown.
Newspapers Published in Fowlertown ...
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 Fowlertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fowlertown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fowlertown.
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 Fowlertown:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Stephens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Madison County
- Rabun County
- White County
- Anderson County
- Oconee County
- Pickens 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 Fowlertown, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fowlertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |