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 McLendon Crossroads (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 McLendon Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for McLendon Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for McLendon Crossroads: McLendon Xrds.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
McLendon Crossroads is located in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County: Coweta, Harris, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near McLendon Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McLendon Crossroads:
- Meriwether County (The home county of McLendon Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Woodbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carrolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Betts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Edman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Gay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Warm Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Lone Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Haralson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Grantville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Senoia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sharpsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Newnan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Smokey Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Woolsey Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Peachtree City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Woolsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- McIntosh Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cataula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Heard County
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Aldora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Milner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Barnesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Zebulon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Esmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Griffin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Experiment
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Flint Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Prattsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Carsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Howard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Mountville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Louise
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Hogansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- LaGrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Rockwell Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Graysons Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- West Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Barker Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Thomaston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- The Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Yatesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McLendon Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for McLendon Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near McLendon Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McLendon Crossroads.
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 McLendon Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McLendon Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Ware Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cane Creek Missionary Baptist (MB) Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Concord Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- The Brooks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fowler Family Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Warm Springs.
- The Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Raleigh UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258058 <2>
- Walker Memory Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Memory Garden
- The Walker Memory Garden has also been known as:
- Walker Memorial Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baughan - Strozier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mathews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- Red Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Milam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenville City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 McLendon Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McLendon Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McLendon Crossroads, with the one closest to McLendon Crossroads listed first.
- Woodbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raleigh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Harris City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Molena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Chalybeate Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Hendricks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hendricks is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Neal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Alps
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rocky Mount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McLendon Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around McLendon Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in McLendon Crossroads ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around McLendon Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McLendon Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McLendon Crossroads.
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 professional and volunteer 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 McLendon Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Meriwether County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Lamar County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson 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> | 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> | 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- McLendon Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McLendon Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |