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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 Lawson Highlands (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 Lawson Highlands. 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 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.

Lawson Highlands 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 Lawson Highlands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawson Highlands:

  • Hall County     (The home county of Lawson Highlands)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Hargrove
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hargrove is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
    • The Bluffs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • The Bluffs is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
    • Whelchel
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Whelchel is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
    • Land ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Land is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
    • Surf Side Club Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
    • Brookton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookton is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
    • Murrayville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gower Springs ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Gower Springs is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
    • White Sands
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • White Sands is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
      • Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
    • Sardis Shores
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
    • Price
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Price is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • Clermont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gainesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Banks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Maysville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Homer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Barrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Auburn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Carl
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Russell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Russell is located in Barrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Ophir
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Ophir is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Free Home
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Free Home is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
    • Orange
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Orange is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Lumpkin
      (12 miles [19.3 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Barrettsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
  • Fannin County
    • Margret
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Margret is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Chestatee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
    • Silver City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Cumming
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
    • Plainview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Plainview is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Gwinnett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Rest Haven
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Buford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Buford is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buford <1>
    • Sugar Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Suwanee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dacula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Oak Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Robin Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 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
  • Habersham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Raoul
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Raoul is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
    • Alto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Alto is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,207 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <1>
    • Baldwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornelia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Demorest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Airy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mauldins ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mauldins is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
      • Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
    • Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hills is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
    • Clarkesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Turnerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Holly Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Talmo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pendergrass
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Braselton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hoschton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Dry Pond
      (20 miles [32.2 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Commerce
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Arcade
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Nicholson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lumpkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
    • Grace ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
    • Garland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Garland is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Auraria ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
    • Dahlonega
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Big Canoe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Marble Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Nelson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Carnes Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
      • Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
    • Toccoa Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Suches
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Choestoe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Choestoe is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
    • Owltown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Owltown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
    • Hood ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hood is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawson Highlands, with the one closest to Lawson Highlands listed first.
    • Leo
      (11 miles [17.7 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Yonah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Yonah is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
    • Nacoochee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Nacoochee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
    • Naguchee ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Naguchee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
    • Helen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Robertstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Robertstown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
    • Sautee - Nacoochee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lawson Highlands ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawson Highlands.

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 Lawson Highlands - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Corinth Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dewberry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • South Bend Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Air Line Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Air Line Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Gainesville.
    • The Air Line Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Air Line Cemetery
    • Airline Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Airline Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32473 <3>
  • Dewberry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Barrett Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • New Holland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (406 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 Lawson Highlands in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawson Highlands.

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

  • Land ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Land is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
  • Murrayville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Price
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Price is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Gainesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Glades
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glades is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
    • Glades has also been known as:
    • The Glades
  • Halfway ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • New Bridge ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Grace ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Absalom ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Absalom is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
  • Bellton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bellton is located in Banks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellton
  • Lula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Garland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Garland is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Tesnatee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Tesnatee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
    • Centerside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Centerside is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside

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

Newspapers Published in Lawson Highlands ...

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 Lawson Highlands.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawson Highlands, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawson Highlands.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Lawson Highlands:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawson Highlands) 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 Lawson Highlands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.