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 Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Creek: Lk. Creek
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Lake Creek is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Cherokee (AL), Cleburne (AL), Bartow, Floyd, Haralson & Paulding.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Creek:
- Polk County (The home county of Lake Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Cedartown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockmart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Taylorsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Euharlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Cassville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rodgers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cartersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Adairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Temple
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Driskolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Hart Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Bowdon Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Mount Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zula ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Berryton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Acworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Douglas County
- Villa Rica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Brice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Atlanta Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Robealou Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Rosemont Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Bass Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Gordon County
- Plainville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Felton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tallapoosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Budapest
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Morgan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Braswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- New Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Home Place Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Dailey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Piedmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Nances Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Collins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Tecumseh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Kirk's Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Rock Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Exie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Noah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Howells Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Spring Garden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Tucker Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Lawrence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Edwardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Creek.
Cemeteries Near Lake Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake 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 Lake Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Northview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Northview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Polk Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wimberly Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chubb Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Side Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (474 more) ...
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lake Creek had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Creek, with the one closest to Lake Creek listed first.
- Cedartown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Reeseburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Grady ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Seney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Fish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fish is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish
- Fish Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Landers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Cunningham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vans Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cave Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Youngs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Lindale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Creek.
Newspapers Published in Lake 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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Creek, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lake Creek:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- Cobb County
- Douglas County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne 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> | 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 Lake Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |