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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 Lawrences Mill (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 Lawrences Mill. 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 Lawrences Mill ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lawrences Mill: Lawrences Ml. (or less commonly used: Lawrences Mll.)
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Lawrences Mill is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Lawrences Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawrences Mill:
- Pike County (The home county of Lawrences Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Molena
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Zebulon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Haralson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Senoia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Jade Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grantville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Crawford County
- Musella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Brooks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Woolsey Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Hamptons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Woolsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- McIntosh Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Peachtree City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Waverly Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerslie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heard County
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Henry County
- Hampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Aldora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Milner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Goggins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Liberty Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Carrolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Betts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Gay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Rocky Mount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Culloden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Esmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Orchard Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Experiment
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Flint Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Prattsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Talbotton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Junction City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Carsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Howard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Mountville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Louise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Hogansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Barker Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Lincoln Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yatesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawrences Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Lawrences Mill.
Cemeteries Near Lawrences Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawrences Mill.
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 Lawrences Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawrences Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- White Plains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Molena Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Blunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riggins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reaves Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stribling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stribling Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Molena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37208 <3>
- Beckham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Leak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riggins - Bagwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walker Memory Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Memory Garden
- The Walker Memory Garden has also been known as:
- Walker Memorial Cemetery
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 Lawrences Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawrences Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawrences Mill, with the one closest to Lawrences Mill listed first.
- Molena
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hendricks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricks is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Neal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Raleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Gay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Delray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Jolly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Warm Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Thomaston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lawrences Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawrences Mill.
Newspapers Published in Lawrences Mill ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawrences Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawrences Mill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawrences Mill.
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 Lawrences Mill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawrences Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lawrences Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |