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 Jake (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 Jake. 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 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 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.
Jake 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 Jake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jake:
- Carroll County (The home county of Jake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Mount Zion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowdon Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Bowdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn Estates
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Temple
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tyus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Roopville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Driskolls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Hart Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Lowell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bowers Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Sargent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smokey Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Villa Rica
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tyree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Hannah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Ephesus Heights
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Windwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
- Douglasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Springwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Rico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Chattahoochee Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rivertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Budapest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tabernacle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Morgan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Felton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake 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 south)
- 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
- Centralhatchee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Hanlin
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Braswell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Dallas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forrister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Cedartown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Etna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Rockmart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aragon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Dailey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Iron City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- White Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Nances Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Piedmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- De Armanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- De Armanville is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Armanville
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Tecumseh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Spring Garden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Rock Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Clay County (AL)
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Muscadine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Ranburne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hightower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ai
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Fruithurst
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Edwardsville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Oak Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Micaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Heflin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grantley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Borden Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Morrison Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Milner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Corbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Christiana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jake, see our County-by-County Page for Jake.
Cemeteries Near Jake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jake.
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 Jake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Five Points Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Camp Ground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kansas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinetucky Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Newlife Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (424 more) ...
- Waco Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Jake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jake, with the one closest to Jake listed first.
- Mount Zion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Mandeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Bremen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tallapoosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Victory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Carrollton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Muscadine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Abernathy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- 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 Jake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jake.
Newspapers Published in Jake ...
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 Jake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jake, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jake.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Jake:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fulton 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 '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- Jake) 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 Jake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |