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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 Hardwick (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 Hardwick. 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.

Hardwick is located in Baldwin County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Baldwin County: Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington & Wilkinson.

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

  • Baldwin County     (The home county of Hardwick)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Milledgeville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The Colony
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
      • The Colony is located in Baldwin County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
    • Black Spring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
      • Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oconee Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
      • Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
    • Coopers
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brown's Crossing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Meriwether
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • East Macon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mogul
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mogul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
      • Mogul is located in Bibb County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
    • Wheeler Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Keys
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cross Keys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
      • Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cross Keys
      • From Hardwick to Cross Keys
    • Macon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Payne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Comfort ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comfort have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
      • Comfort is located in Greene County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
    • Swaggy Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swaggy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
      • Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Buckhead ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckhead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
      • Buckhead is located in Hancock County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
    • Zebulon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sparta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,220 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
    • Gum Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
      • Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • Springfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jasper County
  • Jones County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Dennis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hallwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hallwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
      • Hallwood is located in Putnam County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hallwood
      • From Hardwick to Hallwood
    • Resseaus Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Oconee Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oconee Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
      • Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
    • Eatonton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Twiggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Dry Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeffersonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeffersonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
      • Jeffersonville is located in Twiggs County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeffersonville <1>
    • Huber
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Goat Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goat Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
      • Goat Town is located in Washington County
    • Deepstep
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gardner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Gardner is located in Washington County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
    • Oconee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oconee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • Oconee is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oconee <1>
    • Sandersville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
      • Sandersville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandersville <1>
    • Warthen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tennille
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Wilkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hardwick, with the one closest to Hardwick listed first.
    • Ivey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
      • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
    • Brooks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dedrich
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dedrich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
      • Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • McIntyre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntyre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre
      • McIntyre is located in Wilkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntyre <1>
    • Irwinton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwinton
      • Irwinton is located in Wilkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwinton <1>
    • Toomsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toomsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toomsboro
      • Toomsboro is located in Wilkinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toomsboro <1>
    • Beech Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beech Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
      • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County

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

Cemeteries Near Hardwick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardwick.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • West View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Memory Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopewell Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Methodist Churchyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blands Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Montpelier Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montpelier Methodist Churchyard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montpelier Methodist Churchyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camp Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pleasant Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Churchyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • John Arnold Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Arnold Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Arnold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (414 more) ...

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.<6>

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

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

  • Milledgeville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Brown's Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Meriwether
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ivey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
    • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
  • Dennis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gordon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Nona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona
    • Nona is located in Putnam County
  • Lewiston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewiston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Lewiston is located in Wilkinson County
  • McIntyre
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntyre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre
    • McIntyre is located in Wilkinson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McIntyre <1>
  • Hebron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in Washington County
  • Linton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
    • Linton is located in Hancock County
  • Blountsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blountsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blountsville
    • Blountsville is located in Jones County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • James
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for James. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
      • James is located in Jones County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to James
      • From Hardwick to James
    • Deepstep
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clopton ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clopton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
      • Clopton is located in Putnam County

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

Newspapers Published in Hardwick ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardwick.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardwick, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardwick.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Hardwick:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hardwick. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baldwin County: www.baldwincountyga.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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- Hardwick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hardwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0565, Longitude: -83.2310    
<6>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 Hardwick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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