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 Lanier Northwest (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 Lanier Northwest. 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 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 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.
Lanier Northwest is located in 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 Lanier Northwest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanier Northwest:
- Hall County (The home county of Lanier Northwest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Sardis Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Summer Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- White Sands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- The Bluffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Whelchel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- Gainesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Murrayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Westside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westside is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Hargrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Gainesville Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Maysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carl
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Winder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Ophir
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Free Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Orange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Ball Ground
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Buffington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Hickory Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Worley Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Lumpkin
(6 miles [9.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barrettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Chestatee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cumming
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Ocee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Johns Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Lake Union Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Preston Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Alpharetta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmer County
- Tickanetley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Rest Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Suwanee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dacula
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oak Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Robin Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Duluth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Broxton Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
- Regency Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Berkeley Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Raoul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Demorest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Airy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Clarkesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Talmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Braselton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hoschton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Commerce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arcade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Garland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Dahlonega
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grace ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Willow ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Big Canoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union County
- Suches
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Leo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Helen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Robertstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanier Northwest, see our County-by-County Page for Lanier Northwest.
Cemeteries Near Lanier Northwest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanier Northwest.
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 Lanier Northwest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanier Northwest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chestatee Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Corinth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- Alta Vista Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Lanier Northwest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lanier Northwest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanier Northwest, with the one closest to Lanier Northwest listed first.
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Chestatee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Oscarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oscarville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscarville
- Gainesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Murrayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Landrum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Landrum is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Dougherty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dougherty is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougherty
- Coal Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Mountain is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mountain
- Flowery Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- White Sulphur Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Land ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Halfway ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Silver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanier Northwest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanier Northwest.
Newspapers Published in Lanier Northwest ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanier Northwest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanier Northwest, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanier Northwest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lanier Northwest:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Pickens County
- Union County
- White 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 Lanier Northwest, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lanier Northwest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |