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 Mooney (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 Mooney. 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 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 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.
Mooney is located in Hall 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 Hall County: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin & White.
Below are the counties that are near Mooney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mooney:
- Hall County (The home county of Mooney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Westside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westside is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Blackshear Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- Oakwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
- Gainesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- White Sands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- Summer Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Chestnut Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Candler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Flowery Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Maysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Homer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Winder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Statham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Ophir
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Free Home
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Ball Ground
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Cleveland Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Jefferson Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Lumpkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Barrettsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Dawsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Chestatee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Cumming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Franklin County
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Ocee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Johns Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Lake Union Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alpharetta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Rest Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dacula
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Suwanee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Robin Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Oak Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Lawrenceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Duluth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Broxton Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
- Regency Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Raoul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Airy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Demorest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Talmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Braselton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoschton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Dry Pond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Commerce
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nicholson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Attica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Garland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Dahlonega
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Willow ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Bogart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Big Canoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Campton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Nicholasville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Split Silk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Between
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Leo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yonah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mooney, see our County-by-County Page for Mooney.
Cemeteries Near Mooney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mooney.
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 Mooney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mooney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Redwine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gainesville Mill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Vista Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Calvary Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barrett Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Mooney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mooney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mooney, with the one closest to Mooney listed first.
- Gainesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Flowery Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Candler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Oscarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oscarville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscarville
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Jarrett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- White Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chestatee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Price
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Pond Fork ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pond Fork is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Fork
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Murrayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grapevine ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grapevine is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mooney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mooney.
Newspapers Published in Mooney ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mooney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mooney, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mooney.
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 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 Mooney:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Cherokee County
- Clarke County
- Dawson County
- Forsyth County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Walton County
- White 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 Mooney, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mooney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |