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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 Loce (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 Loce. 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 and 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.

Loce is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Columbia, Elbert, McDuffie, Wilkes & McCormick (SC).

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Loce)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Lincolnton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Goshen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Midway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hesters Ferry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia County
  • Greene County
    • Daniel Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
  • McDuffie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
      • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
    • Hamilton Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
    • Thomson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Boneville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Dearing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Megahee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Megahee is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
  • Oglethorpe County
  • Richmond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Belair
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonair
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • Waverly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Barton Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Barton Village is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
    • Forest Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • National Hills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Rockbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
  • Taliaferro County
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Cadley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cadley is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
    • Mesena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Camak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Warrenton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Lundberg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
      • Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
    • Washington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Tignall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • New Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Tyrone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Rayle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Abbeville County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Calhoun Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Latimer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Monterey ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Edgefield County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce listed first.
    • Colliers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
  • Greenwood County (SC)
  • McCormick County (SC)

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

Cemeteries Near Loce ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loce.

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 Loce - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loce, with the one closest to Loce 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 Loce in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loce.

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

  • Leathersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
  • Amity
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Amity is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
  • Agnes ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Agnes is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
  • Lincolnton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Adasburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Adasburg is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adasburg
  • Clay Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
  • Leverett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Leverett is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
  • Metasville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Metasville is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metasville
  • Double Branches
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Double Branches is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
  • Goshen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cluese ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cluese is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluese
  • Eubank ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Eubank is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubank
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Loce ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loce.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loce, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loce.

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 Loce:

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' (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- Loce) 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 Loce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.