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 Greshamville (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 Greshamville. 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.
Greshamville is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam & Taliaferro.
Below are the counties that are near Greshamville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greshamville:
- Greene County (The home county of Greshamville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Greensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Union Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Siloam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- White Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Swaggy Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Statham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Chamberlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Lexington Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Pine Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Jefferson Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Gum Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Buckhead ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Buckhead is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
- Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Attica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Shady Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Hull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Patterson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Colbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Buckhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bostwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Braswell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Rutledge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Newborn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hub Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Mansfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mansfield Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dixie Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- East Wood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Essex Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Watkinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- High Shoals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North High Shoals
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Spartan Lane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Eastville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Overlook Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Osceola Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Bogart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Maxeys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Eatonton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oconee Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
- Hallwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Resseaus Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Carters Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Crawfordville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Good Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Social Circle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Whitney
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Campton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Jersey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Between
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Warren County
- Barnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barnett is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Tyrone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Rayle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greshamville, see our County-by-County Page for Greshamville.
Cemeteries Near Greshamville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greshamville.
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 Greshamville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greshamville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Greshamville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McWhorter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fork Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hays Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Foster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swords Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords Community Cemetery
- The Swords Community Cemetery has also been known as:
- Swords Cemetery
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Jim Carey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown - Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Greshamville had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greshamville, with the one closest to Greshamville listed first.
- Buckhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greensboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Penfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Penfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Elder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Bairdstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bairdstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Maxeys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Veazey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Veazey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazey
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bostwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dorsey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dorsey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Union Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greshamville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greshamville.
Newspapers Published in Greshamville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greshamville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greshamville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greshamville.
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 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 Greshamville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Taliaferro County
- Walton County
- Warren County
- Wilkes 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 Greshamville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greshamville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |