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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 Hull (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 Hull. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hull is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Jackson & Oglethorpe.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Hull)
  • Banks County
  • Barrow County
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hull, with the one closest to Hull listed first.
    • Winterville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lexington Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
    • Athens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Shoals Estates
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
    • Jefferson Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
    • Chamberlin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
    • Riverside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
    • Pine Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
      • Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
    • Cleveland Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
  • Elbert County
  • Franklin County
  • Greene County
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hull, with the one closest to Hull listed first.
    • Gillsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jarrett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jarrett is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
    • Sugar Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Candler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Candler is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
    • Klondike
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Klondike is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
  • Hart County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hull, with the one closest to Hull listed first.
    • Nicholson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Attica
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Talasee ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Talasee is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
    • Arcade
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Arcade is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
    • Commerce
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Pond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
    • Holly Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pendergrass
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Talmo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Braselton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Hoschton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hull, with the one closest to Hull listed first.
    • Bostwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Braswell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Braswell is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
      • Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
    • Smyrna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Madison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Oconee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hull, with the one closest to Hull listed first.
    • Spartan Lane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
    • Overlook Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
    • Watkinsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshall Estates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
    • Cumberland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cumberland is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
    • Bogart
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Osceola Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
    • Bishop
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North High Shoals
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
    • Farmington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • High Shoals
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Oglethorpe County
  • Taliaferro County
    • Carters Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
  • Walton County
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hull, with the one closest to Hull listed first.
    • Centerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rayle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hull ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hull.

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 Hull - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Coile Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Murry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Springfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaverdam Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kidd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kidd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Kincaid Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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    • Whitworth Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bethaven Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<4>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Hull ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hull.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hull, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hull.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Hull:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Hull) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Hull, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.