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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 Grove Park (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 Grove Park. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Grove Park is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Bibb, Bleckley, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Pulaski & Twiggs.

Below are the counties that are near Grove Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grove Park:

  • Houston County     (The home county of Grove Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Elko
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Perry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Perry is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Clinchfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kathleen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodard Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
    • Bonaire
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Stathams Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
    • Centerville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Warner Robins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Elberta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Elberta is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Walden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Walden is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
    • Rutland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Rutland is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
    • Vinson Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
    • Bloomfield Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
    • West Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • West Point is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
    • Brookhaven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
    • Lizella
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Royal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Royal is located in Bleckley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
    • Cochran
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Lee Pope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
    • Zenith
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zenith is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
    • Knoxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Roberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Lamb Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • Cordele
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Empire
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Yonkers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Yonkers is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Unadilla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pinehurst
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dooling
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Byromville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lilly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Vienna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Marshallville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Montezuma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Oglethorpe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Ideal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Peach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Miami Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Miami Valley is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
    • Lakeview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lakeview is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Washington Square
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Square is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
    • Fort Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylors Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
    • Byron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Echeconnee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Echeconnee is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Hawkinsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Finleyson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • Andersonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Former name for Andersonville:
      • Anderson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <1>
  • Taylor County
    • Reynolds
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Twiggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Huber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Huber is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
    • Marion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Marion is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Jeffersonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.
    • Pineview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Seville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grove Park, see our County-by-County Page for Grove Park.

Cemeteries Near Grove Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grove Park.

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 Grove Park - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grove Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.

  • Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Ladies Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Means Lane Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holmes Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the south of Perry.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #34589 <3>
  • Elko Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Free Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis Chapel AME Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lester Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lester Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Elko.
  • Mt. Zion CME Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (275 more) ...
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Middlebrooks Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Green Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

While we didn't find Grove Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grove Park.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Grove Park, with the one closest to Grove Park listed first.

  • Elko
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Grovania
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Grovania is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
  • Henderson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Henderson is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Perry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Perry is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
  • Hayneville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hayneville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayneville
  • Unadilla
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kathleen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Heard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Heard is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
  • Pinehurst
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bonaire
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Tharpe ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tharpe is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
  • Marshallville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Winchester
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Winchester is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Dooling
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Findlay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Findlay is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grove Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grove Park.

Newspapers Published in Grove Park ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grove Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grove Park, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grove Park.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Grove Park:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Grove Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Grove Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.