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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Laura. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Laura to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Laura, 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 Laura (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 Laura. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Laura is historic, it would have been located within present day Union 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 Union County: Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, White, Cherokee (NC) & Clay (NC).
Below are the counties that are near Laura. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Laura:
- Union County (The home county of Laura)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Hood ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Owltown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Choestoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Blairsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Suches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Dawson County
- Dawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Craytonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Margret
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Hemp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Morganton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Cutcane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Mineral Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greens Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Blue Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pantertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Chestnut Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Epworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Tickanetley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Cherry Log
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White Path
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Santaluca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- Northcutt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Clarkesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Demorest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turnerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cornelia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Clermont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brookton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Land ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Murrayville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Price
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Whelchel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- The Bluffs
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Hargrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Willow ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Grace ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Dahlonega
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Rabun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Germany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Germany is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Tiger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wiley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lakemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tallulah Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Jacksonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hiawassee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Tate City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tate City is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate City
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Robertstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Helen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Yonah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Culberson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grape Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Hothouse
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Marble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coalville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Andrews
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ogreeta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Postell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Boiling Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Burger Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brasstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hayesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Copperhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ducktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Laura, see our County-by-County Page for Laura.
Cemeteries Near Laura ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laura.
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 Laura - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Laura covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Henson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Owltown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Owltown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Choestoe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Choestoe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pinetop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- New Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trackrock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
While we didn't find Laura in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Laura.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Laura, with the one closest to Laura listed first.
- Hood ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Choestoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Blairsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Trackrock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Trackrock is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trackrock
- Quebec ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quebec is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Young Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Suches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Welch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Welch is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
- Mountain Scene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Scene is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Scene
- Gaddistown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gaddistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddistown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Willow ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Hiawassee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Campagne ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Campagne is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campagne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Laura. See our List of 1890's Communities around Laura.
Newspapers Published in Laura ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laura.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laura, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laura.
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 websites either 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 Laura:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Gilmer County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Lumpkin County
- Rabun County
- Towns County
- White County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Laura, 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 '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- Laura) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |