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 High Point (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 High Point. 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 High Point ...
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 High Point: High Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named High Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for High Point.
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.
High Point is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cleburne (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard & Paulding.
Below are the counties that are near High Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to High Point:
- Carroll County (The home county of High Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Jake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Bowdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdon Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairlawn Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Carrollton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tyus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Temple
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Driskolls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Coweta County
- Sargent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Villa Rica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tyree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Hannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Ephesus Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Winston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Budapest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Felton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Ephesus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Frolona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Hanlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Home Place Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Esom Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Rockmart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Iron City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Dailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Choccolocco
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- White Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Nances Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- De Armanville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Piedmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Tecumseh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Spring Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Rock Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Clay County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Delta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossroad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Elder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elder is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Barfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Muscadine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ranburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Hightower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Edwardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Micaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Heflin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Hollis Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Graham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Newell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Sewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Morrison Crossroad
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Milner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Rockdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Corbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Christiana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to High Point, see our County-by-County Page for High Point.
Cemeteries Near High Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of High Point.
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 High Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for High Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Mt. View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kansas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garretts Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Five Points Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Camp Ground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (419 more) ...
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find High Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of High Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from High Point, with the one closest to High Point listed first.
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Abernathy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Hooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hooper is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Tallapoosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Muscadine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hightower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Mandeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Victory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Victory is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Bremen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around High Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around High Point.
Newspapers Published in High Point ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around High Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of High Point, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for High Point.
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 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 High Point:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Randolph 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- High Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 High Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |