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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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 doctors and 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.

Midway 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 Midway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midway:

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Midway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Goshen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hesters Ferry
      (4 miles [6.4 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
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lincolnton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Loce
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Columbia County
  • Elbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Silk Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
    • Bowman Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
    • Edinburg ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Edinburg is located in Elbert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
    • Elberton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Goss
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dewy Rose
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greene County
    • Daniel Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
  • Madison County
  • McDuffie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
      • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
    • Hamilton Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Oglethorpe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Palmetto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Veribest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
  • Taliaferro County
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Cadley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cadley is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
    • Camak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Mesena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Barnett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Tignall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Washington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Lundberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
      • Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
    • Centerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rayle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Tyrone
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Abbeville County (SC)
  • Anderson County (SC)
  • Edgefield County (SC)
  • Greenwood County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Troy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Verdery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Promised Land
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Greenwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Mathews Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Panola Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
  • McCormick County (SC)

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

Cemeteries Near Midway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway 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.<2>

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

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

  • Goshen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Danburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Danburg is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danburg
  • Lincolnton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Metasville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Metasville is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metasville
  • Mount Carmel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Broad
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Broad is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad
  • Leverett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Leverett is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
  • Dyson ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyson is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyson
  • Tignall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Adasburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Adasburg is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adasburg
  • Agnes ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Agnes is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
  • Calhoun Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Leathersville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
    • Hester
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Hester is located in Abbeville County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Washington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Midway ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Midway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Midway:

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