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 Goldmine (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 Goldmine. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Goldmine is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Elbert, Franklin, Madison, Anderson (SC) & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Goldmine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goldmine:
- Hart County (The home county of Goldmine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Flat Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Bowersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hartwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maretts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Reed Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Dooleys Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Crawfords Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Winterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Lexington Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Bowman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Dewy Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Elberton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Bowman Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Royston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Canon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Gumlog
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Parhams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Habersham County
- Mount Airy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Nicholson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dry Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Harrison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Madison Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Dalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danielsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Comer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ila
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Colbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Planter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Hull
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Veribest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Arnoldsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Martin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Jarrett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Toccoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Toccoa Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Lowndesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Latimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Calhoun Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Holland Store
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Price ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Starr
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Townville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deans
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Iva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Leisure Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Fair Play
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seneca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Utica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Newry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickens County (SC)
- Clemson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goldmine, see our County-by-County Page for Goldmine.
Cemeteries Near Goldmine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goldmine.
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 Goldmine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goldmine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Browns Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Roy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Hendry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hendry Cemetery
- The Old Hendry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Hendry's Baptist Church Cemetery
- Redwine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McGarity Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarity Family Cemetery
- The McGarity Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kay Family Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Royston Cemetery
- Royston City Cemetery
- Vanna UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanna UMC Cemetery
- The Vanna UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fellowship Cemetery
- Fellowship Methodist Church Cemetery
- St. Johns CME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Starr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin Memorial Gardens
(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 Goldmine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Goldmine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goldmine, with the one closest to Goldmine listed first.
- Eagle Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Royston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bowman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bowersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Hartwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Dewy Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lavonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Nickville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nickville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Montevideo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Reed Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goldmine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goldmine.
Newspapers Published in Goldmine ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goldmine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goldmine, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goldmine.
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 Goldmine:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Abbeville 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 Goldmine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goldmine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |