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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Land. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Land to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Land, please Contact Us.

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 Land (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 Land. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Land is historic, it would have been located within present day Hall 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 Hall County: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin & White.

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

  • Hall County     (The home county of Land)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Brookton
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Brookton is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
    • Clermont
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hargrove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Hargrove is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
    • Whelchel
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Whelchel is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
    • The Bluffs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Bluffs is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
    • Surf Side Club Estates
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Murrayville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Price
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gower Springs ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • White Sulphur Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sardis Shores
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
  • Banks County
  • Barrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Auburn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Carl
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Carl is located in Barrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Ophir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Free Home
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Lumpkin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
    • Dawsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Barrettsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Fannin County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Chestatee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Cumming
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
  • Gwinnett County
  • Habersham County
  • Jackson County
  • Lumpkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Garland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grace ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
    • Dahlonega
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Auraria ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Willow ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
  • Pickens County
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Carnes Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Toccoa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Land, with the one closest to Land listed first.
    • Suches
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Choestoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Owltown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hood ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hood is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • White County

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

Cemeteries Near Land ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Land.

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

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

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

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.

Land itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Glades
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Murrayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Tesnatee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tesnatee is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
  • Centerside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerside is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
  • Halfway ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Price
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grace ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Leo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Garland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lula
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bellton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bellton is located in Banks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellton
    • Mossy Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mossy Creek is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Creek
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge

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

Newspapers Published in Land ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Land.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Land, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Land.

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 helpful 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 Land:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Land, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Land) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.