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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Halfway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Halfway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Halfway, please Contact Us.
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 Halfway (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 Halfway. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Halfway is historic, it would have been located within present day Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County: Dawson, Fannin, Hall, Towns, Union & White.
Below are the counties that are near Halfway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halfway:
- Lumpkin County (The home county of Halfway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Garland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Dahlonega
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Willow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Ophir
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Free Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Ball Ground
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- White City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Lumpkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Dawsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barrettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Margret
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Craytonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Chestatee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cumming
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Tickanetley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Rest Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Suwanee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Raoul
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Baldwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cornelia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Demorest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Mount Airy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clarkesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Murrayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Price
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Land ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Whelchel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- Brookton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Clermont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Bluffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Hargrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Sardis Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- White Sands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Surf Side Club Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Talmo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Braselton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hoschton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dry Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Big Canoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marble Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cagle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Towns County
- Jacksonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Suches
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Choestoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Owltown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blairsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Leo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Helen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Robertstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halfway, see our County-by-County Page for Halfway.
Cemeteries Near Halfway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halfway.
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 Halfway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halfway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walka Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auraria Church of Almighty God Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dewberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Prospect Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Craven - Chumbler Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Slabtown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
Halfway itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halfway, with the one closest to Halfway listed first.
- Garland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Murrayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grace ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Dahlonega
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Price
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Land ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Tesnatee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tesnatee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Landrum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landrum is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Porter Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Porter Springs is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Glades
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glades is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Glades has also been known as:
- The Glades
- Centerside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Centerside is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
- Leo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halfway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halfway.
Newspapers Published in Halfway ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halfway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halfway, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halfway.
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 Halfway:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Lumpkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Forsyth County
- Gilmer County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Pickens County
- Towns County
- Union County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Halfway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halfway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |