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 Gordydale (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 Gordydale. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Gordydale is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Gordydale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gordydale:
- Harris County (The home county of Gordydale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Ellerslie
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cataula
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Ochillee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Fort Benning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cusseta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Juniper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warm Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Chalybeate Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Harris City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Greenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Midland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Upatoi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fortson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Twin Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Branton Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Glenns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- East Edgewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Pike County
- Lawrences Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Stewart County
- Louvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Box Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Prattsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Norwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Mauk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Howard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- North West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Barker Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Osanippa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Lanett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Huguley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Cusseta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Smith's Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Blanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Prince Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chewacla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Phenix City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Fort Mitchell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Oswichee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Hugley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Holy Trinity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Seale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gordydale, see our County-by-County Page for Gordydale.
Cemeteries Near Gordydale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gordydale.
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 Gordydale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gordydale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Ellerslie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jenkin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Russel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clowers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clowers Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McFarlan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Cataula.
- The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36568 <2>
- Crawford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pierce Chapel African American Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Bruce Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Gordydale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gordydale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gordydale, with the one closest to Gordydale listed first.
- Ellerslie
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Midland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ossahatchie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Cataula
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Ridgeway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Upatoi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Waverly Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Fortson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Schatulga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Baughville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Baughville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughville
- Mulberry Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gordydale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gordydale.
Newspapers Published in Gordydale ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gordydale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gordydale, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gordydale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Gordydale:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Stewart County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell 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> | 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- Gordydale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Gordydale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |