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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hoggs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hoggs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hoggs, please Contact Us.
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 Hoggs (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 Hoggs. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hoggs is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion 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 Marion County: Chattahoochee, Schley, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Hoggs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hoggs:
- Marion County (The home county of Hoggs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Draneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Glen Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
- Tazewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Juniper
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Ida Vesper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Cusseta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Central Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Ochillee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Fort Benning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macon County
- Ideal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Baker Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Village
- Cusseta Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cusseta Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 10,684 people
- Upatoi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Terrace is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Terrace
- Population from the 2010 Census: 846 people
- Branton Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- East Edgewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Hilton Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Midland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Brooksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
- Wades
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wades is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
- Shellman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Schley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Ellaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- La Crosse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Louvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lumpkin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Omaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sanford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanford is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Estimated population in 2019: 159 people
- Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Thalean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thalean is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
- Americus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sumter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Andersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Former name for Andersonville:
- Anderson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <2>
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Box Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Junction City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Mauk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Terrell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Parrott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yeomans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yeomans is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
- Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
- Olivers Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
- Bronwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dawson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leveretts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Holy Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Oswichee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Loflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Loflin is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Fort Mitchell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cottonton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cottonton is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonton
- Jernigan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jernigan is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan
- Fontaine Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hoggs, see our County-by-County Page for Hoggs.
Cemeteries Near Hoggs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hoggs.
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 Hoggs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hoggs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Pickett - Shipley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shiloh - Marion Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowrey Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Preston.
- Slaughter Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bryants Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Preston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.
Hoggs itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hoggs, with the one closest to Hoggs listed first.
- Church Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Church Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Pineville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pineville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
- Draneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Zellobee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zellobee is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zellobee
- Renfroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Renfroe is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Glen Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manta is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manta
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Doyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Ida Vesper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hoggs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hoggs.
Newspapers Published in Hoggs ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoggs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hoggs, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hoggs.
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 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 Hoggs:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Muscogee County
- Randolph County
- Schley County
- Stewart County
- Sumter County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Terrell County
- Webster County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hoggs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Hoggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |