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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 Mountville (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 Mountville. 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 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 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.

Mountville is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.

Below are the counties that are near Mountville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountville:

  • Troup County     (The home county of Mountville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
    • Louise
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Louise is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
    • Whitfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Asta Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Asta Village is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
    • LaGrange
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hogansville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Brays Lakeview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sassafrass Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
    • Sunny Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Sunny Point is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
    • Rockwell Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
    • Pioneer Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
    • Graysons Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
    • West Lake Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • West Lake Village is located in Troup County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
  • Carroll County
    • Bowers Ferry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
    • Grantville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Smith City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Smith City is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
    • Bexton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bexton is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
    • Moreland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • East Newnan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • East Newnan is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
    • Smokey Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
    • Haralson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Newnan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sharpsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Turin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jade Lake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
    • Senoia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
    • Brooks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Foreston Place
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
    • Hamptons Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
    • Peachtree City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tinsley Mill Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
  • Harris County
  • Heard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
    • Corinth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Corinth is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Houston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Houston is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
    • Franklin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverside is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • O'Neals Crossroad
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Centralhatchee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
    • Frolona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Roosterville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Roosterville is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
    • Yates Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
  • Meriwether County
  • Muscogee County
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.
    • Lawrences Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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 east)
    • Concord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Hilltop
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Hilltop is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Talbot County
  • Upson County
  • Chambers County (AL)
  • Lee County (AL)
  • Randolph County (AL)

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

Cemeteries Near Mountville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountville, with the one closest to Mountville listed first.

  • Owens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mountville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Thrash Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Needmore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodward Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Louise Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Traylor Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Langford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Herndon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (534 more) ...
    • Branch Hebron Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Butler Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mountville had a population of 60 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Whitfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Troup Factory ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Troup Factory is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
  • Saint Marks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
  • LaGrange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lone Oak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Harris City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris City is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
  • Midway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Midway is located in Meriwether County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
  • Corinth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Corinth is located in Heard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Grantville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Mount
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Luthersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Warm Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Raleigh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • Cooksville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cooksville is located in Heard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville

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

Newspapers Published in Mountville ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountville, 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 Mountville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Mountville:

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 Mountville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mountville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.