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 Ocee (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 Ocee. 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 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.
Ocee is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth & Gwinnett.
Below are the counties that are near Ocee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ocee:
- Fulton County (The home county of Ocee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Johns Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Preston Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Lake Union Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Alpharetta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fields Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Litchfield Hundred
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Mountain Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Sandy Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Montwicke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montwicke is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke
- Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
- Buckhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carl
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Winder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Indian Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Allatoona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Bartow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bartow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Hardman Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
- Free Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Colemans Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
- Hickory Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- White City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Harmony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buffington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Skyridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
- Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Breeze Hill Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Conley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Coxs Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coxs Crossing is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Crossing
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Sturbridge Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Chattahoochee Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chattahoochee Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 3,207 people
- Mount Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Noonday
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Cobb Place Manor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Vinings
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fair Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Smyrna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kennesaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brookside Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Barrettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lumpkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Dawsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Peachtree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Dunwoody West
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
- Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
- Dunwoody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doraville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chamblee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Northwoods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tucker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mountain Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Woods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,265 people
- Brookhaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Atlanta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta
- Montreal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Montreal is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- Clarkston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Cumming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Chestatee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Berkeley Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Duluth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Suwanee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berkeley Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,147 people
- Elmside Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elmside Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside Village
- Norcross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Danbury Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Danbury Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury Village
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Estimated population in 2019: 554 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Gaines Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
- Gay Lan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gay Lan is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
- Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
- Woodbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbridge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Flowery Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackshear Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- Summer Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Sardis Shores
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Westside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Westside is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Candler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Braselton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hoschton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Talmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Nelson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Canoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Zingara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Milstead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Conyers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Split Silk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Between
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Youth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ocee, see our County-by-County Page for Ocee.
Cemeteries Near Ocee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ocee.
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 Ocee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ocee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Big Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warsaw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bagley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (527 more) ...
- Duluth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kemp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tabernacle Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ocee had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ocee, with the one closest to Ocee listed first.
- Warsaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Warsaw is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Webb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Webb is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Big Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Alpharetta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Duluth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Norcross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Suwanee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Drew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drew is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Dunwoody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doraville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Estimated population in 2019: 554 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Batesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Batesville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Chamblee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Free Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ocee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ocee.
Newspapers Published in Ocee ...
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 Ocee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ocee, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ocee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Ocee:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Bartow County
- Cherokee County
- Clayton County
- Cobb County
- Dawson County
- DeKalb County
- Forsyth County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Pickens County
- Rockdale County
- Walton 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 Ocee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Ocee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |