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 Mountain View (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 Mountain View. 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 Mountain View ...
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.
Another variation: Mountainview.
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 southwest 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 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.
Mountain View 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 Mountain View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain View:
- Hall County (The home county of Mountain View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Murrayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whelchel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- Sardis Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- The Bluffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Summer Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Hargrove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- White Sands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Land ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Brookton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- Clermont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Maysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Homer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Ophir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Free Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Orange
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Ball Ground
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Buffington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Worley Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Hickory Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Lumpkin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Dawsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barrettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Margret
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Craytonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Chestatee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cumming
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ocee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Fields Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Lake Union Hill
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Preston Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Alpharetta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johns Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Tickanetley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Rest Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Suwanee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Dacula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Duluth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Robin Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Raoul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Cornelia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Demorest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Airy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clarkesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Talmo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Braselton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoschton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Dahlonega
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Garland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Willow ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Big Canoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marble Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tate
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Talking Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Suches
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Choestoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Owltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Leo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Helen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Robertstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain View, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain View.
Cemeteries Near Mountain View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain View.
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 Mountain View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Palmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Byrd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestatee Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Auraria Church of Almighty God Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westbrook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Mountain View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Landrum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Landrum is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Murrayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Dougherty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dougherty is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougherty
- Halfway ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Dahlonega
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chestatee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Garland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Land ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Grace ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountain View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain View.
Newspapers Published in Mountain View ...
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 Mountain View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain View.
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 Mountain View:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Pickens County
- Union 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 Mountain View, 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- Mountain View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |