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 Myricks Mill (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 Myricks Mill. 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 Myricks Mill ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Myricks Mill: Myricks Ml. (or less commonly used: Myricks Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Myricks Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Myricks Mill may originally have been Myrick's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Myricks Mill might be written as Myrick Mill.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Myricks Mill is located in Twiggs 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 Twiggs County: Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Laurens & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Myricks Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Myricks Mill:
- Twiggs County (The home county of Myricks Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Jeffersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dry Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Huber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Coopers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- The Colony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Brown's Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Hardwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Black Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Meriwether
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- East Macon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Wheeler Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Cross Keys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rutland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Walden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Payne
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bloomfield Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Vinson Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Lizella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Bleckley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Allentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Royal
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
- Cochran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yonkers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Yonkers is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Elberta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Stathams Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Warner Robins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bonaire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodard Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Kathleen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clinchfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Mountain Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Jones Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Pitts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Belvedere Manor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- James
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Morton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Haddock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Gray
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fortville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Bradley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckers Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
- Dexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- Bolingbroke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Echeconnee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miami Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Resseaus Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Dennis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Gardner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gardner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
- Oconee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deepstep
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goat Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Dedrich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Ivey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Irwinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McIntyre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toomsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Myricks Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Myricks Mill.
Cemeteries Near Myricks Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Myricks Mill.
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 Myricks Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Myricks Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- New Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mercer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Asbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh CME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Epps - Champion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Seasons Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Jones - Denson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McCollum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Myricks Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Myricks Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Myricks Mill, with the one closest to Myricks Mill listed first.
- Fitzpatrick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Lewiston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lewiston is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Ivey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Reids
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reids is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Irwinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- McIntyre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- James
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Allentown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rutland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Sofkee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Avondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Myricks Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Myricks Mill.
Newspapers Published in Myricks Mill ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Myricks Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Myricks Mill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Myricks Mill.
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 helpful 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 Myricks Mill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Twiggs County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bibb County
- Bleckley County
- Dodge County
- Houston County
- Jones County
- Laurens County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Putnam County
- Washington County
- Wilkinson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Myricks Mill, 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- Myricks Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |