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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 Kinseytown (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 Kinseytown. 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 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 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.

Kinseytown is located in White 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 White County: Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns & Union.

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

  • White County     (The home county of Kinseytown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Sautee - Nacoochee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Yonah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Yonah is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
    • Leo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Leo is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
      • Leo has also been known as:
      • Meldean
    • Cleveland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nacoochee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Nacoochee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
    • Naguchee ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Naguchee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
    • Helen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Robertstown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Robertstown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
  • Banks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Homer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Maysville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Lumpkin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
    • Dawsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fannin County
    • Margret
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Margret is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
  • Forsyth County
    • Chestatee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Plainview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainview is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Parhams
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Parhams is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
    • Aquilla ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Aquilla is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
    • Carnesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cromers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cromers is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
  • Habersham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Mauldins ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Mauldins is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
      • Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
    • Demorest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clarkesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hills is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
    • Cornelia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Alto
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alto is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,207 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <1>
    • Baldwin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Airy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Raoul
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Raoul is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
    • Turnerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tugaloo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Clermont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookton is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
    • Lula
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Land ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Land is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
    • Surf Side Club Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
    • Hargrove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hargrove is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
    • White Sulphur Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • The Bluffs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • The Bluffs is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
    • Murrayville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Whelchel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Whelchel is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
    • Gillsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Price
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Price is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Gower Springs ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gower Springs is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Holly Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Dry Pond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
    • Talmo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Commerce
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pendergrass
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Lumpkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Grace ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
    • Willow ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
    • Garland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Garland is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Dahlonega
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
    • Auraria ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
  • Rabun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Tallulah Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakemont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Wiley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tiger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Germany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Germany is located in Rabun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
    • Clayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Antioch is located in Rabun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Dillard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Toccoa Falls
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Carnes Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
      • Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
    • Toccoa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Eastanollee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jarrett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jarrett is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
    • Avalon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Avalon is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
    • Martin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Towns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Hiawassee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacksonville is located in Towns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
    • Hunt ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Hunt is located in Towns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
    • Young Harris
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tate City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Tate City is located in Towns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate City
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Choestoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Choestoe is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
    • Hood ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hood is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Owltown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Owltown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
    • Suches
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Blairsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Canal Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Canal Lake is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
    • Youngcane ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Youngcane is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
  • Clay County (NC)
    • Elf
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
  • Oconee County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinseytown, with the one closest to Kinseytown listed first.
    • Battle Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Longcreek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbin ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin

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

Cemeteries Near Kinseytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kinseytown.

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

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

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

  • Chattahoochee Cemetery #2
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Chattahoochee Cemetery #1
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Return Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Blue Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Blue Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Interdenominational Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Tomlin Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (394 more) ...
    • Cool Springs Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harvest Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • White Creek Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Mossy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mossy Creek is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Creek
  • Heads Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heads Ferry is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Ferry
  • Aerial
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Aerial is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial
  • Leo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leo is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
    • Leo has also been known as:
    • Meldean
  • Centerside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerside is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
  • Demorest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Nacoochee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nacoochee is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
  • Clarkesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cornelia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Alto
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alto is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <1>
  • Longview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Longview is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mount Airy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tesnatee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Tesnatee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
    • Anandale ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Anandale is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale

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

Newspapers Published in Kinseytown ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kinseytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kinseytown, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kinseytown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Kinseytown:

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