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 Mountainbrook (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 Mountainbrook. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Mountainbrook is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Mountainbrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountainbrook:
- Harris County (The home county of Mountainbrook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Pine Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Waverly Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Cataula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Grantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- Juniper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Betts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Lone Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Gay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Fortson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Upatoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glenns
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Branton Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Bibb City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- East Edgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Columbus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Flint Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Box Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Louise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- North West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Lake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- West Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Asta Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Sunny Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Brays Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Barker Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Lincoln Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- River View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Eady City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Osanippa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Lanett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plant City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Huguley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Evansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Cusseta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Standing Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Blanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Phenix City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountainbrook, see our County-by-County Page for Mountainbrook.
Cemeteries Near Mountainbrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountainbrook.
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 Mountainbrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountainbrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Pine Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell - Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roosevelt Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- County Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coplan - Perry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (428 more) ...
- Sledge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glanton 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.<2>
While we didn't find Mountainbrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountainbrook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountainbrook, with the one closest to Mountainbrook listed first.
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Kingsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waverly Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Mulberry Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountainbrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountainbrook.
Newspapers Published in Mountainbrook ...
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 Mountainbrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountainbrook, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountainbrook.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Mountainbrook:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Heard County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell 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> | 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 Mountainbrook, 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 from Point A (ie- Mountainbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |