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 Mount Pleasant (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 Mount Pleasant. 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 Mount Pleasant ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Pleasant. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
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 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.
Mount Pleasant is located in Decatur 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 Decatur County: Gadsden (FL), Baker, Grady, Miller, Mitchell & Seminole.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant:
- Decatur County (The home county of Mount Pleasant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vada is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,457 people
- Fowlstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Attapulgus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Faceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Faceville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
- Recovery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
- Baker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Lamar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lamar is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Mimsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mimsville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimsville
- Anna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anna is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Hawkinstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hawkinstown is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinstown
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,270 people
- Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Early County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Douglass Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
- Damascus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Douglasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Douglasville is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 11,695 people
- Hentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hentown is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentown
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,944 people
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Early County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
- Jakin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Whigham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Reno
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reno is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Estimated population in 2019: 285 people
- Calvary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spence is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
- Woodland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodland is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Estimated population in 2019: 353 people
- Good Hope ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 300 people
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Boykin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boykin is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Colquitt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Floydtown is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
- Mayhaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayhaw is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pelham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Camilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seminole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Iron City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Donalsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Steam Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Steam Mill is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
- Butlers Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
- Thomas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Meigs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hansell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hansell is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansell
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,534 people
- Ochlocknee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gadsden County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Havana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gretna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Douglas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas City is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
- Quincy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chattahoochee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- River Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- River Junction is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Jackson County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Butler ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butler is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Parramore ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Parramore is located in Jackson County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
- Leon County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Ocklockonee ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ocklockonee is located in Leon County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocklockonee
- Iamonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iamonia is located in Leon County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iamonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pleasant.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- New Fountainhead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonas Lobe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fleatown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleatown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fleatown Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Climax.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33954 <3>
- Arline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logue Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Travelers Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (240 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Samuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Climax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorendo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorendo is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorendo
- Fowlstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Attapulgus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Twilight ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twilight is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Hoggard Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hoggard Mill is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggard Mill
- Faceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Faceville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
- Colquitt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mimsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mimsville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimsville
- Recovery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Recovery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
- Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spooner is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Gadsden County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Pelham
(23 miles [37 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 Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Decatur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baker County
- Early County
- Grady County
- Miller County
- Mitchell County
- Seminole County
- Thomas County
- Gadsden County
- Jackson County
- Leon 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |