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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Glenwoods Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Glenwoods Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Glenwoods Spring, 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 Glenwoods Spring (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 Glenwoods Spring. 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 Glenwoods Spring ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Glenwoods Spring: Glenwoods Spg. (or less commonly used: Glenwoods Spng. or Glenwoods Sprng.)
- While the name of this community is Glenwoods Spring, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Glenwoods Spring may originally have been Glenwood's Spring.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Glenwoods Spring might be written as Glenwood Spring.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Glenwoods Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Putnam 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 Putnam County: Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Glenwoods Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glenwoods Spring:
- Putnam County (The home county of Glenwoods Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Resseaus Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Hallwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Eatonton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Oconee Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Meriwether
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brown's Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Milledgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hardwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Black Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Coopers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- The Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Cross Keys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- East Macon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Wheeler Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Payne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Flovilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fincherville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Greensboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swaggy Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- White Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Buckhead ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Buckhead is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
- Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
- Zebulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Zebulon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
- Gum Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Sparta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Calvin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Ethridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- Round Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Fortville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Bradley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Haddock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wayside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Gray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Morton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- James
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Pitts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Mountain Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Jones Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Juliette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bolingbroke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smarr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Buckhead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Smyrna
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Rutledge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Newborn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dixie Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Hub Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- East Wood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Brooks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ivey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glenwoods Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Glenwoods Spring.
Cemeteries Near Glenwoods Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenwoods Spring.
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 Glenwoods Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glenwoods Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Central Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Key Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crestlawn Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stiles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greater Bell's Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Bell's Chapel Cemetery
- The Greater Bell's Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Providence Church Cemetery
- Jordan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Humphries Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fullerton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barron Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barron Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<5> to the northeast of Round Oak.
- The Barron Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barron - Shropshire Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2333622 <4>
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hearnville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (412 more) ...
- Howe Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talmadge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin Memorial Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Glenwoods Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenwoods Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glenwoods Spring, with the one closest to Glenwoods Spring listed first.
- Note
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Note
- Stanfordville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stanfordville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfordville
- Clopton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clopton is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Willard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Eatonton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Nona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nona is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
- Aikenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aikenton is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikenton
- Blountsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blountsville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meriwether
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Machen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Machen is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machen
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Adgateville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adgateville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adgateville
- Former name for Adgateville:
- Adgateville
- Shady Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Godfrey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Godfrey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glenwoods Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenwoods Spring.
Newspapers Published in Glenwoods Spring ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenwoods Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenwoods Spring, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenwoods Spring.
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 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 Glenwoods Spring:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bibb County
- Butts County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Wilkinson 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 Glenwoods Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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- Glenwoods Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |