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 Jones Creek (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 Jones Creek. 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 Jones Creek ...
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 Jones Creek: Jones Crk. (or less commonly used: Jones Ck. or Jones Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Creek may originally have been Jone's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Creek might be written as Jone Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones Creek.
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 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.
Jones Creek is located in Union 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 Union County: Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, White, Cherokee (NC) & Clay (NC).
Below are the counties that are near Jones Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Creek:
- Union County (The home county of Jones Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Canal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Blairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Owltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Suches
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Dawson County
- Dawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Craytonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Hemp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Margret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Morganton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cutcane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Mineral Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Blue Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pantertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Epworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Tickanetley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Cherry Log
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rolston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- White Path
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Northcutt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Santaluca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- East Ellijay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ellijay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Whitestone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Tails Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Habersham County
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Willow ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Dahlonega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Pickens County
- Big Canoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hiawassee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Robertstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Helen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yonah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Cleveland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Culberson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Hothouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Murphy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grape Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Burger Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Postell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Vests
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Hiwassee Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Ogreeta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Unaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Brasstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hayesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elf
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Monroe County (TN)
- Coker Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Copperhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ducktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chanceytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Archville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Chable ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chable is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Creek.
Cemeteries Near Jones Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Creek.
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 Jones Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dillard Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Confidence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burgess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Wilscot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ricketts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (309 more) ...
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jones Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Craytonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Hemp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Dora ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dora is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Blairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Morganton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gaddistown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gaddistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddistown
- Cutcane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Culberson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Sweet Gum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Gum is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
- Mineral Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Suches
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quebec ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quebec is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Hood ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Creek.
Newspapers Published in Jones Creek ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Creek, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Creek.
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 websites either 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 Jones Creek:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Gilmer County
- Habersham County
- Lumpkin County
- Pickens County
- Towns County
- White County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Monroe County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Jones Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jones Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |