Our Genealogy Helper
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 Lily Pond (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 Lily Pond. 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.
Lily Pond is located in Gordon 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 Gordon County: Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walker & Whitfield.
Below are the counties that are near Lily Pond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lily Pond:
- Gordon County (The home county of Lily Pond)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Calhoun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Calhoun Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- New Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sonoraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Resaca Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Sugar Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Resaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Soapstick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Hill City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Buff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Adairsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Bolivar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Funkhouser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Country Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Cassville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rydal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Interchange Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- McCallie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Rodgers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Buena Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Zula ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Pennville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Berryton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Lyerly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Chattoogaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Menlo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Salacoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Waleska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Worley Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Payne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Allatoona Pass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Pass
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Acworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Trace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Hermitage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Shannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Armuchee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bass Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Glenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Summerville Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Whitestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Tails Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Yukon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Ball Ground
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Carters
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Wells ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Chatsworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Paulding County
- Braswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Ludville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Talmadge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Hinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Jerusalem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Talking Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Seney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Aragon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockmart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Villanow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- Martindale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- LaFayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bronco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Linwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Crown Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Union Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Dalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Rocky Face
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Trickum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Waring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Tunnel Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Estimated population in 2019: 318 people
- Cherokee County (AL)
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lily Pond, see our County-by-County Page for Lily Pond.
Cemeteries Near Lily Pond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lily Pond.
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 Lily Pond - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lily Pond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- Blackwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oothcalooga Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Curtis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pickard Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colbert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Reeves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Lily Pond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lily Pond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lily Pond, with the one closest to Lily Pond listed first.
- McDaniels
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McDaniels is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Adairsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calhoun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oostanaula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oostanaula is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oostanaula
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Nannie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nannie is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nannie
- Crane Eater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
- Rocky Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Creek is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Sonoraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Cash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Shannon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hermitage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Halls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Halls is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Sugar Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lily Pond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lily Pond.
Newspapers Published in Lily Pond ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lily Pond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lily Pond, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lily Pond.
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 Lily Pond:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Gordon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Floyd County
- Gilmer County
- Murray County
- Paulding County
- Pickens County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee 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> | 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 Lily Pond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lily Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |