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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 Laurens Hill (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 Laurens Hill. 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 Laurens Hill ...

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.

While the name of this community is Laurens Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Laurens Hill may originally have been Lauren's Hill.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Laurens Hill might be written as Lauren Hill.

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 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.

Laurens Hill is located in Laurens 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 Laurens County: Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Treutlen, Twiggs, Wheeler & Wilkinson.

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

  • Laurens County     (The home county of Laurens Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Montrose
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dudley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dexter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cadwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rentz
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dublin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • East Dublin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Tuckers Crossroad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
    • Midway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Midway is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
    • Lovett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lovett is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
    • Cedar Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Rockledge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Allentown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Royal is located in Bleckley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
    • Cochran
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Chester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bryant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bryant is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Yonkers
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Yonkers is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Empire
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Plainfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Eastman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Chauncey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Stathams Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
    • Bonaire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kathleen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Woodard Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
    • Warner Robins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Clinchfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Elberta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Elberta is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
  • Johnson County
    • Wrightsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski County
    • Hawkinsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Twiggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Danville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jeffersonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Marion is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Huber
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Huber is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
    • Dry Branch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Gardner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gardner is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
    • Oconee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurens Hill, with the one closest to Laurens Hill listed first.
    • Irwinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Toomsboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Beech Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
    • McIntyre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Dedrich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • Gordon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Gordon is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <2>
    • Ivey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
    • Brooks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks

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

Cemeteries Near Laurens Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laurens Hill.

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 Laurens Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Heath Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Heath Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Haskins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Walters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Buckhorn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Eason Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hinson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Trail Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dexter Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rowland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...

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.<4>

While we didn't find Laurens Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Laurens Hill.

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

  • Dudley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Allentown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dexter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Springhaven ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Springhaven is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
  • Nameless
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nameless is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
  • Dublin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Empire
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Empire is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Carne ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Carne is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carne
  • Beehive ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Beehive is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
  • Dubois
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dubois is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubois
  • Gresston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Gresston is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresston
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Condor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Condor is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condor
    • Dempsey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Dempsey is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
    • Westlake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Westlake is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake

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

Newspapers Published in Laurens Hill ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laurens Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laurens Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laurens Hill.

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 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 Laurens Hill:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Laurens Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Laurens Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.