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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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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.

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 doctors 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.

Liberty Hill is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Butts, Monroe, Pike, Spalding & Upson.

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

  • Lamar County     (The home county of Liberty Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Milner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Goggins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Barnesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Aldora
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Aldora is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
  • Bibb County
  • Butts County
  • Clayton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Lovejoy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonanza
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonanza is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Irondale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Irondale is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Jonesboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clayton Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
    • Fox Run
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale Acres
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Haralson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Senoia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jade Lake Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Musella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Knoxville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Roberta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Woolsey Woods
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Brooks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woolsey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woolsey is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Inman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harp
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Keyland Woods
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
    • Foreston Place
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
    • McIntosh Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
    • Blakely Woods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
    • Fayetteville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamptons Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
    • Winterthur Woods
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Locust Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Blacksville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Blacksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
    • McDonough
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Tunis ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Tunis is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
    • Oakwood Manor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
    • Highland Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Highland Village is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Whitehouse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Whitehouse is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
    • Stockbridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Stockbridge North
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
      • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
  • Jasper County
  • Jones County
  • Meriwether County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Hill, with the one closest to Liberty Hill listed first.
    • Gay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Carrolls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
      • Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
    • Edman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Woodbury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Betts
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Betts is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
      • Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
  • Monroe County
  • Newton County
    • Salem Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Salem Branch is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
  • Pike County
  • Spalding County
  • Upson County

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

Cemeteries Near Liberty Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty 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 Liberty Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Liberty Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty Hill.

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

  • Goggins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • High Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • High Falls is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
  • Towaliga ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Towaliga is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaliga
  • Collier
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Collier is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
  • Elgin ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elgin is located in Butts County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Griffin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Weaver ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Weaver is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Blount
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Blount is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount
  • Experiment
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Zebulon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Meansville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rover
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Rover is located in Spalding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Luella
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Luella is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
    • Brent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Brent is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
    • Forsyth
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Liberty Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty Hill.

Newspapers Published in Liberty 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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty 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 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 Liberty Hill:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Liberty Hill) 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 Liberty Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.