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 Heard Place (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 Heard Place. 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.
Name Variations for Heard Place ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Heard Place: Heard Pl. (or less commonly used: Heard Plc.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and 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.
Heard Place is located in Stewart 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 Stewart County: Barbour (AL), Russell (AL), Chattahoochee, Quitman, Randolph & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Heard Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heard Place:
- Stewart County (The home county of Heard Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Omaha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florence is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Louvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sanford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sanford is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Estimated population in 2019: 159 people
- Lumpkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Richland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Fort Benning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cusseta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Central Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Ochillee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Ida Vesper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Glen Alta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Draneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Baker Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Baker Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Village
- Cusseta Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cusseta Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 10,684 people
- Saint Marys Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Sunset Terrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sunset Terrace is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Terrace
- Population from the 2010 Census: 846 people
- Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wynnton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Bibb City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Branton Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- City Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- East Edgewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Lincoln Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hatcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hatcher is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
- Morris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Wades
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wades is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
- Brooksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
- Cuthbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Weston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leveretts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Barbour County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Big Eddy ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Eddy is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Hawkinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkinsville is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Eufaula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Comer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Comer is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Cotton Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Hill is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Smith's Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Prince Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Marvyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Bleecker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Loflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loflin is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Holy Trinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Jernigan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan
- Cottonton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cottonton is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonton
- Oswichee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Pittsview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Fort Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fontaine Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Hatchechubbee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
- Rutherford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Phenix City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heard Place, see our County-by-County Page for Heard Place.
Cemeteries Near Heard Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heard Place.
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 Heard Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heard Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Mariah Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cotton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mathis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McClendon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irena Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oswichee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Providence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Springs AME Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Heard Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heard Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heard Place, with the one closest to Heard Place listed first.
- Omaha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orletta ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orletta is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orletta
- Loflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loflin is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Jernigan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Oswichee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Louvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cottage Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Mills is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mills
- Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Jamestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Fort Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lumpkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Seale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Howe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howe is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heard Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heard Place.
Newspapers Published in Heard Place ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heard Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heard Place, 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 Heard Place.
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 helpful 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 Heard Place:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Stewart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Muscogee County
- Quitman County
- Randolph County
- Webster County
- Barbour County
- Lee County
- Russell 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heard Place) 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 Heard Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |