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 Old Tallapoosa (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 Old Tallapoosa. 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 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.
Old Tallapoosa is located in Haralson 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 Haralson County: Cleburne (AL), Carroll, Paulding & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Old Tallapoosa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Tallapoosa:
- Haralson County (The home county of Old Tallapoosa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Budapest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tabernacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Buchanan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Felton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Bartow County
- Taylorsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Jake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Bowdon Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Temple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bowdon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carrollton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Driskolls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Hart Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Tyus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Roopville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Villa Rica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ephesus Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Tyree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Winston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hannah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Cave Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Wax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Lindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Ephesus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Centralhatchee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Braswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Home Place Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Dallas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forrister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Esom Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Cedartown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Rockmart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aragon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Dailey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Piedmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Nances Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- White Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Choccolocco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Fort McClellan ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fort McClellan is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McClellan
- Jacksonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Merrellton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Merrellton is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrellton
- Collins ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Tecumseh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Spring Garden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Rock Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Exie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Coloma ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coloma is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Noah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Tucker Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Muscadine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ai
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Oak Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Edwardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Borden Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Grantley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Palestine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Hightower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Ranburne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Heflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Graham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Newell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Sewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Morrison Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Rockdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Milner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Tallapoosa, see our County-by-County Page for Old Tallapoosa.
Cemeteries Near Old Tallapoosa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Tallapoosa.
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 Old Tallapoosa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Tallapoosa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Hollywood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Newley Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion West Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (419 more) ...
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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 Old Tallapoosa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Tallapoosa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Tallapoosa, with the one closest to Old Tallapoosa listed first.
- Tallapoosa
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hooper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hooper is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Poplar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Muscadine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Waco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bremen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Abernathy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Little Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little Creek is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Mount Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Felton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dugdown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dugdown is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdown
- Mandeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Edwardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Tallapoosa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Tallapoosa.
Newspapers Published in Old Tallapoosa ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Tallapoosa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Tallapoosa, 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 Old Tallapoosa.
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 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 Old Tallapoosa:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Haralson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Douglas County
- Floyd County
- Heard County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne 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 Old Tallapoosa, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Tallapoosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |