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 Greely (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 Greely. 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 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.
Greely is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Bartow, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Greely. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greely:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Greely)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Salacoa
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Waleska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worley Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Canton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Ground
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Buffington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Harmony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Allatoona Pass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Pass
- Hickory Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Orange
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Bolivar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Funkhouser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Rydal
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- White
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCallie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Corbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Interchange Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Cassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Rodgers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Adairsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Acworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Logan Trace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Noonday
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Mars Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Calumet Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
- Kennesaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Cobb Place Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Holly Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Sturbridge Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Barrettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Dawsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Hermitage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Shannon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bass Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Floyd Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Armuchee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Forsyth County
- Silver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Litchfield Hundred
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Mountain Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Fields Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alpharetta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Union Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Roswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Whitestone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Yukon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Tails Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- East Ellijay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ellijay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rolston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Northcutt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Tickanetley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- White Path
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Santaluca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- Cherry Log
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Fairmount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoraville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Oakman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Farmville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Buff ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- New Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Soapstick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Calhoun Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Resaca Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Carters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Wells ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Ball Ground
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Chatsworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Talmadge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Ludville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Hinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Cagle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Talking Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marble Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Big Canoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Walker County
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Crown Mill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Union Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greely, see our County-by-County Page for Greely.
Cemeteries Near Greely ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greely.
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 Greely - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greely covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Richardson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hutcherson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Erwin Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lewis Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Vine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bartow Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Greely in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greely.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greely, with the one closest to Greely listed first.
- Bolivar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Fairmount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ludville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Bobo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bobo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Waleska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Hinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gum Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Ranger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sharp Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sharp Top is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Top
- Blaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greely. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greely.
Newspapers Published in Greely ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greely.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greely, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greely.
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 Greely:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Cobb County
- Dawson County
- Floyd County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Murray County
- Pickens County
- Walker County
- Whitfield 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 Greely, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greely) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |