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 Hogg Mountain (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 Hogg Mountain. 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 Hogg Mountain ...
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 Hogg Mountain: Hogg Mtn. (or less commonly used: Hogg Mntn.)
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 doctors and 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.
Hogg Mountain is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Hogg Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hogg Mountain:
- Troup County (The home county of Hogg Mountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Rockwell Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Pioneer Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- LaGrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lake Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- North West Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Sassafrass Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Abbottsford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Louise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Grantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Pine Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Houston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Corinth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Frolona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Yates Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Lone Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Warm Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Luthersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Betts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carrolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Chalybeate Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Fortson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Lanett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Eady City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- River View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Huguley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Osanippa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Blanton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chewacla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Gwen Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- The Bottle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Rock Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- West
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Forester Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wadley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Dudleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Frog Eye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hogg Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for Hogg Mountain.
Cemeteries Near Hogg Mountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hogg Mountain.
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 Hogg Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hogg Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Lebanon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCalls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linebarker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fannin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Long Cane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Traylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Daniel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Loyd Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Lovelace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tatum Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bright Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Hogg Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hogg Mountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hogg Mountain, with the one closest to Hogg Mountain listed first.
- Gabbettville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Long Cane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- LaGrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Whitfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- River View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Finley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Finley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hogg Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hogg Mountain.
Newspapers Published in Hogg Mountain ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hogg Mountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hogg Mountain, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hogg Mountain.
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 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 Hogg Mountain:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa 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 Hogg Mountain, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hogg Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |