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 Higdon (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 Higdon. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Higdon is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Union, Cherokee (NC) & Polk (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Higdon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Higdon:
- Fannin County (The home county of Higdon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Chestnut Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Epworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pierceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Blue Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fry is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- McCaysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pantertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Greens Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Mineral Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cutcane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Morganton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hemp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Santaluca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- Cherry Log
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- White Path
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Northcutt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- East Ellijay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellijay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rolston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Tails Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Yukon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Tickanetley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Whitestone
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Oakman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buff ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Cisco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crandall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Temple Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Tennga
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gregory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
- Sumac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sumac is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Chatsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Ground
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Carters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Wells ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Talking Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Bethlehem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Canal Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Blairsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Suches
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Ruralvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
- Plainview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Estimated population in 2019: 318 people
- Cohutta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Parrett Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Parrett Crossing is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrett Crossing
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Red Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
- Union Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Varnell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Burger Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Hothouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Culberson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Postell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Vests
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Hiwassee Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Ogreeta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Grape Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Murphy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Brasstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bradley County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- Wildwood Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- East Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- South Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Cleveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McMinn County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Etowah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Luskville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Goodsprings
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Epperson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Coker Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Rural Vale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Copperhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ducktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Belltown Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Chanceytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Chable ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chable is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Archville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Ball Play
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Parksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Parksville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Oldfort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ocoee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Higdon, see our County-by-County Page for Higdon.
Cemeteries Near Higdon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Higdon.
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 Higdon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Higdon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Gass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millsaps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Church of Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cooper Ridge Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cashes Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Golden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Epworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Boardtown Church of Christ Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Curtis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Higdon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Higdon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Higdon, with the one closest to Higdon listed first.
- Pierceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Blue Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Curtis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Curtis is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Kyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kyle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Santaluca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- Cherry Log
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hothouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hothouse is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Flat Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flat Branch is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Mineral Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- White Path
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Ducktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountaintown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountaintown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaintown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Morganton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cutcane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Wolf Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Higdon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Higdon.
Newspapers Published in Higdon ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Higdon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Higdon, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Higdon.
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 Higdon:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Murray County
- Pickens County
- Union County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Bradley County
- McMinn County
- Monroe County
- Polk 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> | 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 Higdon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Higdon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |