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 Garden Lakes (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 Garden Lakes. 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.
Name Variations for Garden Lakes ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Garden Lakes: Garden Lks.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Garden Lakes is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Garden Lakes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden Lakes:
- Floyd County (The home county of Garden Lakes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Mount Berry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Glenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Robealou Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Rome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rosemont Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Coosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Armuchee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Adairsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Euharlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taylorsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Country Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Stilesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Rodgers
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Cartersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Interchange Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Zula ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Berryton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Menlo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Cloudland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Plainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Damascus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Hill City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Resaca Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Resaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoraville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Soapstick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Haralson County
- Felton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Braswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Seney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Cedartown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockmart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Martindale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Villanow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- LaFayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Calhoun County (AL)
- Dailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Broomtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Lawrence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Gaylesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ringgold
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Howells Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Palestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Bankhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Adamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Lickskillet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Sigsbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Mentone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Head
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hammondville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Kaolin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden Lakes, see our County-by-County Page for Garden Lakes.
Cemeteries Near Garden Lakes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden Lakes.
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 Garden Lakes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden Lakes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oaknoll Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Possum Trot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Berry College Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shadyside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Alto Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Seventh Ave. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Reece Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Bend Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Garden Lakes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garden Lakes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden Lakes, with the one closest to Garden Lakes listed first.
- Oreburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Rome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Rome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rome
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- New Rome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Orsman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orsman is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orsman
- Coosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fouche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fouche is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouche
- Lavender
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lavender is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Lindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armuchee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Livingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cunningham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Silver Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freemans is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden Lakes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden Lakes.
Newspapers Published in Garden Lakes ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden Lakes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garden Lakes, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garden Lakes.
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 Garden Lakes:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb 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> | 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 Garden Lakes, 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- Garden Lakes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |