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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 McDaniel (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 McDaniel. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

McDaniel is located in Pickens 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 Pickens County: Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer & Gordon.

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

  • Pickens County     (The home county of McDaniel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Ludville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ludville is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
    • Hinton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hinton is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
    • Jerusalem
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • Talmadge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Talmadge is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
    • Talking Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jasper
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cagle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cagle is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
    • Tate
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Nelson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Canoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Bolivar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bolivar is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
    • Funkhouser
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
      • Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
    • Rydal
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pine Log ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Log is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
    • White
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • McCallie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • McCallie is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
    • Adairsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Interchange Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
    • Corbin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Corbin is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
    • Buena Vista
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
    • Cassville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Country Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Country Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Salacoa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
      • Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
    • Waleska
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Worley Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
    • Ball Ground
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Canton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Canton is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,347 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
    • Buffington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Buffington is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
    • Harmony
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Harmony is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • White City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • White City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Holly Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Ophir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ophir is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Orange
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Free Home
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Free Home is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Acworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Logan Trace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Mitchell Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Dawsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Barrettsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Newport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Newport is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Chestnut Gap
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
    • Greens Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
    • Blue Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Hermitage
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hermitage is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Shannon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bass Ferry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
    • Floyd Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
  • Gilmer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Whitestone
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
    • Tails Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
    • Yukon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Yukon is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • East Ellijay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellijay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Northcutt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
    • Rolston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rolston is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
      • Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
    • White Path
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • White Path is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
      • Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
    • Tickanetley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
    • Santaluca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
    • Cherry Log
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Ranger
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Oakman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairmount
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Buff ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Buff is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
    • Sonoraville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Farmville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Farmville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • New Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Soapstick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Soapstick is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
    • Damascus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Damascus is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Calhoun
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Carters
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carters is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Ball Ground
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ball Ground is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
    • Chatsworth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Crandall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Sumac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sumac is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
    • Temple Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Temple Grove is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Furnace ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Furnace is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
    • Villanow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Villanow is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
  • Whitfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel listed first.
    • Union Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Point is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
    • Crown Mill Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
    • Dalton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Dalton is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,368 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton <1>
    • Ruralvale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruralvale is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruralvale
    • Waring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Waring is located in Whitfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
    • Rocky Face
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near McDaniel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McDaniel.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McDaniel, with the one closest to McDaniel 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.<3>

While we didn't find McDaniel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McDaniel.

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

  • Ludville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ludville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
  • Bobo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bobo is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
  • Hinton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hinton is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
  • Carlisle ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carlisle is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Igo ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Igo is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
    • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
  • Blaine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Blaine is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Colima
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colima is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colima
  • Ranger
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jerusalem
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
  • Fairmount
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Talking Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Carters
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Carters is located in Murray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Town Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Town Creek is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
    • Petersburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Wheeler ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wheeler is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler

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

Newspapers Published in McDaniel ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around McDaniel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McDaniel, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McDaniel.

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 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 McDaniel:

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>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.
<3>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 McDaniel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McDaniel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.