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 Hampton (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 Hampton. 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 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.
Hampton is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Butts, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Newton, Rockdale & Spalding.
Below are the counties that are near Hampton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hampton:
- Henry County (The home county of Hampton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Oakwood Manor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Blacksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Locust Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stockbridge North
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Stockbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Whitehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fincherville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Flovilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Lovejoy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Fox Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkshire Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Riverdale Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Morrow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dartmouth Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Rex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riverdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb County
- Nelsons Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsons Ferry is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,377 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Senoia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Haralson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sharpsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bexton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- East Newnan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Moreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smith City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Newnan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- East Glen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Klondike
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pinehurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Gresham Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gresham Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham Park
- Panthersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Stonecrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Atlanta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlanta
- Glenwood Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lithonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belvedere Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Belvedere Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Park
- Avondale Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Woolsey Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woolsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Harp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keyland Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Blakely Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Fayetteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Winterthur Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Farms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Farms is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Farms
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,192 people
- Foreston Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Doral Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Doral Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doral Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,265 people
- Biscayne Club
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Biscayne Club is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Club
- Estimated population in 2019: 274 people
- Fife
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blair Village is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Village
- Plunket Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Plunket Town is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunket Town
- Hapeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- College Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thomasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thomasville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,518 people
- Fairburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Wing Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Wing Cove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing Cove
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,604 people
- Gwinnett County
- Norris Lake Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norris Lake Shores is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Lake Shores
- Population from the 2010 Census: 59 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aldora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Goggins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Gay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Luthersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Monroe County
- Box Ankle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Salem Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Salem Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Newton Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Porterdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Essex Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Williamson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zebulon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hilltop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Molena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Conyers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Milstead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Zingara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Experiment
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Esmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Orchard Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- The Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Delray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hampton, see our County-by-County Page for Hampton.
Cemeteries Near Hampton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hampton.
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 Hampton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hampton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Westmoreland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neal AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beulah Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford - Dorsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weems Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Akins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (475 more) ...
- Slayton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pullin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hampton had a population of 422 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hampton had a population of 8,184 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Sunny Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pomona is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Luella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Luella is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Woolsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Experiment
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Inman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lowry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Flippen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flippen is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippen
- Vaughn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughn is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McDonough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Jonesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(10 miles [16.1 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 Hampton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hampton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hampton ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hampton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hampton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hampton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of Hampton.
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 Hampton:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Cobb County
- Coweta County
- DeKalb County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Rockdale County
- Spalding County
- Upson 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> | 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- Hampton) 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 Hampton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |