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 Odessadale (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 Odessadale. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Odessadale is located in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County: Coweta, Harris, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Odessadale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Odessadale:
- Meriwether County (The home county of Odessadale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Lone Oak
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Warm Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Betts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Luthersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Carrolls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- Bowers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 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 Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Grantville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Smokey Acres
(23 miles [37 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
- Turin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Newnan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Senoia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Brooks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Pine Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Waverly Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Corinth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glenn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- O'Neals Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Centralhatchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Fortson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hilltop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Zebulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Williamson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Flint Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Mountville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Louise
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Hogansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Rockwell Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sunny Point
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Graysons Landing
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Barker Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Lincoln Park
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Eady City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Lanett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- River View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Evansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Osanippa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Huguley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stroud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Randolph County (AL)
- Rock Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Odessadale, see our County-by-County Page for Odessadale.
Cemeteries Near Odessadale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Odessadale.
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 Odessadale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Odessadale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Florence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Branch Hebron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tigner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Needmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogletree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greer & Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Blount Peavy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marchman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Odessadale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Odessadale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Odessadale, with the one closest to Odessadale listed first.
- Mountville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Saint Marks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Whitfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Lone Oak
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Warm Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- LaGrange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Luthersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Odessadale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Odessadale.
Newspapers Published in Odessadale ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Odessadale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Odessadale, 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 Odessadale.
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 Odessadale:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Meriwether County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee 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 Odessadale, 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- Odessadale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |