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 Oaklawn (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 Oaklawn. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Oaklawn is located in Coweta 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 Coweta County: Carroll, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Meriwether, Spalding & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Oaklawn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oaklawn:
- Coweta County (The home county of Oaklawn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- East Newnan
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smokey Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Moreland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Smith City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Sharpsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sargent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Senoia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Whitesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Lowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlawn Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Tyus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Driskolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Hart Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Bowdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Clayton Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Riverdale Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Shangri-La on the Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shangri-La on the Lake is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri-La on the Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,862 people
- Windermere Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Windermere Woods is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,937 people
- Dartmouth Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Fox Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Irondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Kings Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Forest is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
- Normandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Normandy is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
- Bonanza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Lovejoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Hannah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Ephesus Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Windwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
- Springwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- White City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Winston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blair Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
- Flowers Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
- Villa Rica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Douglasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeland Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Peachtree City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Hamptons Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Foreston Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Tyrone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Villa Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Tyrone Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
- Brooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McIntosh Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Harp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Fayetteville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Palmetto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chattahoochee Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Rico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Rivertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Fairburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fife
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Corn Creek Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Fulton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
- Tell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tell is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tell
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Centralhatchee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Houston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Roosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Frolona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Glenn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- O'Neals Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Henry County
- Hampton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Luthersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Rocky Mount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Gay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Edman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Harris City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Carrolls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Betts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Warm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Williamson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Molena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrences Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Zebulon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Esmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Sunny Side
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Experiment
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Griffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Hogansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brays Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Asta Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Graysons Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Louise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Mountville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sunny Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- LaGrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Chambers County (AL)
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Randolph County (AL)
- Sewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oaklawn, see our County-by-County Page for Oaklawn.
Cemeteries Near Oaklawn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oaklawn.
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 Oaklawn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oaklawn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Summer Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dodds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pitts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eastview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Prospects Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Southview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Founders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tinch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (562 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Oaklawn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oaklawn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oaklawn, with the one closest to Oaklawn listed first.
- Newnan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Grantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Luthersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Turin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sargent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roscoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roscoe is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Lone Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Handy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Handy is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rocky Mount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Cooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cooksville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oaklawn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oaklawn.
Newspapers Published in Oaklawn ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oaklawn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oaklawn, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oaklawn.
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 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 Oaklawn:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Coweta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Clayton County
- Douglas County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Heard County
- Henry County
- Meriwether County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Randolph 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 Oaklawn, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oaklawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |