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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 Higgins Mill (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 Higgins Mill. 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 Higgins Mill ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Higgins Mill: Higgins Ml. (or less commonly used: Higgins Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Higgins Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Higgins Mill may originally have been Higgin's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Higgins Mill might be written as Higgin Mill.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Higgins Mill is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones & Lamar.

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

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Higgins Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Box Ankle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
    • Forsyth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Juliette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Smarr
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Russellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Russellville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Bolingbroke
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Culloden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Lizella
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • West Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • West Point is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
    • Payne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Payne is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Brookhaven
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
    • Bloomfield Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
    • Macon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vinson Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
    • Cross Keys
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Butts County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Flovilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jenkinsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Fincherville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Fincherville is located in Butts County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
  • Clayton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Lovejoy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonanza
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonanza is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Musella
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Knoxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Roberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Woolsey Woods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
    • Brooks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Woolsey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Woolsey is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Inman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Blacksville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Blacksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
    • McDonough
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tunis ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunis is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
    • Highland Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Highland Village is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Whitehouse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Whitehouse is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
    • Oakwood Manor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Hillsboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Monticello
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Calvin is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
    • Shady Dale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Round Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Round Oak is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
    • Wayside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Wayside is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
    • Bradley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Bradley is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Clinton is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Former name for Clinton:
      • Albany
    • Gray
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Gray is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <2>
    • Morton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Morton is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
    • Ethridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Ethridge is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
    • Belvedere Manor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Goggins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Goggins is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
      • Goggins has also been known as:
      • Goggans Station
      • Goggans
      • Goggansville
      • Goggins Station
      • Gogginsville
    • Liberty Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Barnesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Aldora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Aldora is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Milner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Salem Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Salem Branch is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
    • Mansfield Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Meansville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Zebulon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Williamson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Concord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Hilltop
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hilltop is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Molena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Lawrences Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
  • Spalding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Orchard Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • East Griffin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Griffin is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
    • Griffin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Experiment
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Esmond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Esmond is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Sunny Side
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Higgins Mill, with the one closest to Higgins Mill listed first.
    • Yatesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Delray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Delray is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
    • Hannahs Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
    • Thomaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
    • Salem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Salem is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Barker Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Barker Spring is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
    • Sunset Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset Village is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village

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

Cemeteries Near Higgins Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Higgins Mill.

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 Higgins Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Crowder Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleming Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fambrough Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Logwall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Providence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • William F. Johnston Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rehobeth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Webb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (451 more) ...
    • Paron Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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.<5>

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

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

  • High Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • High Falls is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
  • Blount
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Blount is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount
  • Collier
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Collier is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
  • Goggins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Goggins is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
    • Goggins has also been known as:
    • Goggans Station
    • Goggans
    • Goggansville
    • Goggins Station
    • Gogginsville
  • Elgin ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Elgin is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Forsyth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cabaniss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
  • Maynard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Maynard is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
  • Towaliga ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Towaliga is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaliga
  • Indian Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Springs is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Brent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Brent is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
  • Cork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cork is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Flovilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Juliette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Higgins Mill ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Higgins Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Higgins Mill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Higgins Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Higgins Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Higgins Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Higgins Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.