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 LaGrange (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 LaGrange. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
LaGrange is located in Troup County and is the County Seat.
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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near LaGrange. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to LaGrange:
- Troup County (The home county of LaGrange)
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Rockwell Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Whitfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- West Lake Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Louise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Asta Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Mountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brays Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Abbottsford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Graysons Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Grantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- East Newnan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Pine Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Pine Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Waverly Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Houston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- O'Neals Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Centralhatchee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Lone Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Luthersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Warm Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Betts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Gay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Muscogee County
- Fortson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- Molena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Lanett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Fredonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Eady City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- River View
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Five Points
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Rock Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- High Shoals
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Sewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Forester Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to LaGrange, see our County-by-County Page for LaGrange.
Cemeteries Near LaGrange ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of LaGrange.
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 LaGrange - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for LaGrange covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Rogers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shadowlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hill View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Cemetery
- The Hill View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillview East Cemetery
- Fannin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Newsom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tatum Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (505 more) ...
- Heard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loyd Chapel 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that LaGrange had a population of 3,090 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, LaGrange had a population of 30,741 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from LaGrange, with the one closest to LaGrange listed first.
- Whitfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Long Cane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Gabbettville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Mountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Houston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Owensbyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Glenn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Saint Marks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Whitesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around LaGrange. See our List of 1890's Communities around LaGrange.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of LaGrange ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around LaGrange.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of LaGrange. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of LaGrange and those printed in the larger area surrounding LaGrange.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of LaGrange.
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 professional and volunteer 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 LaGrange:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee 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> | 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 LaGrange, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- LaGrange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |