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 Lakeview Meadows (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 Lakeview Meadows. 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 Lakeview Meadows ...
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.
Another variation: Lake View Meadows.
- A typical abbreviation for Lakeview Meadows: Lakeview Mdws.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lakeview Meadows. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeview Meadows.
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 hospitals and 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.
Lakeview Meadows is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Lakeview Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeview Meadows:
- Troup County (The home county of Lakeview Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Brays Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Asta Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Hogansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Louise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Graysons Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Fairlawn Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Grantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smokey Acres
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sharpsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Turin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Peachtree City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Tinsley Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Pine Mountain Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Glenn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Centralhatchee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Roosterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Ephesus
(24 miles [38.6 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 Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Lone Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Gay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Warm Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Betts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(29 miles [46.7 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 Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Evansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stroud
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Lanett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Doublehead
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Five Points
(23 miles [37 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
- Eady City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- River View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Huguley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(29 miles [46.7 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 Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Rock Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- High Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Roanoke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- West
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Peavy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Corbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Graham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeview Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeview Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Lakeview Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeview Meadows.
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 Lakeview Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeview Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Shilolt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Providence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Providence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Heard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Emmaus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Word Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (552 more) ...
- Purgason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reid Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Lakeview Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakeview Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeview Meadows, with the one closest to Lakeview Meadows listed first.
- Whitfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Owensbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Cooksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Mountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Lone Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Grantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Glenn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeview Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeview Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Lakeview Meadows ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeview Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeview Meadows, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeview Meadows.
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 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 Lakeview Meadows:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether 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> | 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 Lakeview Meadows, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakeview Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |