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 Lassiter (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 Lassiter. 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 northeast 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 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.
Lassiter is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Rockdale & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Lassiter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lassiter:
- Newton County (The home county of Lassiter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Porterdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dixie Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Newton Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Mansfield Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Mansfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dixie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Wood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Essex Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Hub Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Salem Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Newborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barrow County
- Bethlehem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Fincherville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flovilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Rex
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ellenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lovejoy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bonanza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Conley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morrow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Irondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Wilkshire Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Forest Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Klondike
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Pine Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Lithonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
- Redan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- East Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Pinehurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Panthersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Stone Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belvedere Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belvedere Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Park
- Fulton County
- Doral Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Doral Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doral Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,265 people
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Norris Lake Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norris Lake Shores is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Lake Shores
- Population from the 2010 Census: 59 people
- Loganville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Twin Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
- Snellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stonemont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stonemont is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonemont
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,281 people
- Grayson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mountain Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Broxton Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
- Lilburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luxomni
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luxomni is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxomni
- Estimated population in 2019: 514 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Whitehouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Blacksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Stockbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Stockbridge North
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Calvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Dale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones County
- Round Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Lamar County
- Liberty Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Box Ankle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Juliette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Rutledge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Braswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Bostwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Buckhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- Eatonton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Conyers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Lakeview Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Zingara
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Sunny Side
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Experiment
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Social Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Whitney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Youth
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Between
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Split Silk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Good Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholasville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Mount Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Campton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lassiter, see our County-by-County Page for Lassiter.
Cemeteries Near Lassiter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lassiter.
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 Lassiter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lassiter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lovejoy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- High Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Austin Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lackey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethel Bara Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Starrsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biggers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (404 more) ...
- Red Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pickett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newton Factory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Lassiter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lassiter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lassiter, with the one closest to Lassiter listed first.
- Starrsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starrsville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrsville
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island Shoals ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island Shoals is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Shoals
- Stewart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stewart is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Almon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Almon is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Worthville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Newborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Alcovy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alcovy is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcovy
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Peeksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peeksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
- Stark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stark is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Maxwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Social Circle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Mill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Smiths Mill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lassiter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lassiter.
Newspapers Published in Lassiter ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lassiter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lassiter, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lassiter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lassiter:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- DeKalb County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Henry County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale County
- Spalding County
- Walton 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 Lassiter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lassiter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |