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 Melson (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 Melson. 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 northwest 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 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.
Melson is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Melson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Melson:
- Floyd County (The home county of Melson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Cave Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Atlanta Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Lindale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Silver Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Taylorsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Euharlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Adairsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Menlo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Zula ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Cloudland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Gordon County
- Plainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Felton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tallapoosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- Braswell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Esom Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Seney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockmart
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Dailey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Nances Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Adelia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adelia is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelia
- Colvins Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colvins Gap is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colvins Gap
- Merrellton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Germania Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Germania Springs is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania Springs
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Howells Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Noah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Gaylesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Exie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Rock Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Fruithurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Muscadine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Lickskillet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Adamsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Dog Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Alpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Douglas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Bankhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Pine Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Etowah County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Banner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
- Coat's Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coat's Bend is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coat's Bend
- Hokes Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turkeytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Turkeytown is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Wilsonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wilsonia is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonia
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Keener
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Keener is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Melson, see our County-by-County Page for Melson.
Cemeteries Near Melson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Melson.
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 Melson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Melson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- State Line Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Coosa River Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clemones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Round Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- The Macedonia Cemetery has also been known as:
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35117 <2>
- Davenport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nazareth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Hemphill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Melson had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Melson, with the one closest to Melson listed first.
- Foster Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Foster Mills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Mills
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Livingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Early ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Early is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
- Cave Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vans Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vans Valley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Mount Hope ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Waterhouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterhouse is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterhouse
- Alexis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alexis is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Forney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forney is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Landers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farill is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farill
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Melson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Melson.
Newspapers Published in Melson ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Melson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Melson, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Melson.
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 Melson:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah 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> | 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 Melson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Melson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |