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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 Horns Crossroads (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 Horns Crossroads. 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 Horns Crossroads ...

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 Horns Crossroads: Horns Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Horns Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Horns Crossroads may originally have been Horn's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Horns Crossroads might be written as Horn Crossroads.

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 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 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.

Horns Crossroads is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Butts, Monroe, Pike, Spalding & Upson.

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

  • Lamar County     (The home county of Horns Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Goggins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Barnesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Aldora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 northwest)
    • Liberty Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Lizella
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • West Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • West Point is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
    • Brookhaven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
    • Payne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Payne is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Bloomfield Park
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Vinson Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
    • Macon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Cross Keys
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
    • Rutland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutland is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
    • Mogul
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Mogul is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
      • Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
    • Walden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Walden is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
  • Butts County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Flovilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jenkinsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Fincherville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Fincherville is located in Butts County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Musella
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Knoxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Roberta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lee Pope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
    • Zenith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Zenith is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
  • Fayette County
    • Brooks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jasper County
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Wayside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Wayside is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
    • Round Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Round Oak is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
    • Belvedere Manor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
    • Bradley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bradley is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Clinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Clinton is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Former name for Clinton:
      • Albany
  • Meriwether County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Carrolls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
      • Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
    • Edman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Edman is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
    • Betts
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Betts is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
    • Gay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Gay is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gay <2>
    • Woodbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Chalybeate Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Russellville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Russellville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Forsyth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Culloden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Smarr
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Box Ankle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
    • Bolingbroke
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Juliette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Peach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Taylors Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
    • Byron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Echeconnee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Echeconnee is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Meansville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Zebulon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Williamson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Concord
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hilltop
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Hilltop is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Lawrences Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Molena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Spalding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Orchard Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Griffin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Griffin is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
    • Griffin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Experiment
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Esmond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Esmond is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Sunny Side
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Talbot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Prattsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
    • Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Centerville is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Carsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Carsonville is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
    • Five Points
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Five Points is located in Taylor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Reynolds
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Butler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horns Crossroads, with the one closest to Horns Crossroads listed first.
    • Yatesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Delray
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Delray is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
    • Thomaston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salem
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Salem is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Lincoln Park
      (16 miles [25.7 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
    • Hannahs Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
    • Sunset Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Village is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
    • Barker Spring
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Barker Spring is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring

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

Cemeteries Near Horns Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Horns Crossroads.

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 Horns Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ramah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Sheran - Horne - Smith Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pringle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Stallings Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Shattles Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • King Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Person Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brent Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sappington Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Potts Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (448 more) ...
    • Ingram Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Faith Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fredonia Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Brent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Brent is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
  • Strouds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Strouds is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strouds
  • Collier
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Collier is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
  • Yatesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Goggins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Russellville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Russellville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
  • Culloden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Forsyth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • The Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bamah ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bamah is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamah
  • Maynard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maynard is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
  • Musella
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ceres
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ceres is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
    • High Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • High Falls is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
    • Delray
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Delray is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray

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

Newspapers Published in Horns Crossroads ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Horns Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Horns Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Horns Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Horns Crossroads:

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>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 Horns Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Horns Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.