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 Jarrett (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 Jarrett. 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 and doctors 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.
Jarrett is located in Stephens 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 Stephens County: Banks, Franklin, Habersham & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Jarrett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jarrett:
- Stephens County (The home county of Jarrett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Toccoa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastanollee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carnes Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Toccoa Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Avalon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elbert County
- Bowman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Gumlog
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Parhams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Lavonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Plainview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Canon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Franklin Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Royston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Tugaloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Turnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Mount Airy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cornelia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Demorest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Baldwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raoul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Lula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gillsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Bowersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maretts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Reed Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Flat Shoals
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Crawfords Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Hartwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cooleys Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Dooleys Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Jackson County
- Commerce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Madison Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Ila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rabun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Tallulah Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakemont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wiley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Tiger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Germany
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Germany is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Dillard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sky Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Nacoochee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Helen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Robertstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Yonah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Jackson County (NC)
- Highlands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macon County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Orlando
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Orlando is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Scaly Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Townville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Price ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Leisure Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Pendleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- La France
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holland Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Westminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Battle Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Longcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walhalla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Utica
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Mountain Rest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Clemson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Isaqueena Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Central
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Six Mile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nine Times
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jarrett, see our County-by-County Page for Jarrett.
Cemeteries Near Jarrett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jarrett.
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 Jarrett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jarrett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Walton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Liberty Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Liberty Baptist Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Toccoa.
- The Old Liberty Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Liberty Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70927 <3>
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fair Play Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Duke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prather Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens County Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tugalo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Rust Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Toccoa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Jarrett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jarrett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jarrett, with the one closest to Jarrett listed first.
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Westminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tugaloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Battle Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Retreat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Retreat is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Tallulah Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Longcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Turnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Salubrity ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Salubrity is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubrity
- Oakway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Anandale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Anandale is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale
- Lavonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jarrett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jarrett.
Newspapers Published in Jarrett ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jarrett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jarrett, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jarrett.
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 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 Jarrett:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Stephens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Rabun County
- White County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Anderson County
- Oconee County
- Pickens 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jarrett) 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 Jarrett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |