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 Orchard Hill (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 Orchard Hill. 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 and hospitals 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.
Orchard Hill is located in Spalding 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 Spalding County: Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Orchard Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orchard Hill:
- Spalding County (The home county of Orchard Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- East Griffin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Experiment
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Sunny Side
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fincherville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Lovejoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bonanza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Fox Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Riverdale Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Wilkshire Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Dartmouth Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Morrow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ellenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Haralson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Senoia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Crawford County
- Musella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Woolsey Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Brooks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Harp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Foreston Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- McIntosh Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Fayetteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Hamptons Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Winterthur Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winterthur Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterthur Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,237 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Fife
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Locust Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blacksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Highland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Whitehouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Milner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Aldora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Goggins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Gay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Betts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Chalybeate Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Luthersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Box Ankle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Forsyth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Culloden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Smarr
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Juliette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bolingbroke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- Salem Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Williamson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zebulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Molena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- The Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Delray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Yatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Barker Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orchard Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Orchard Hill.
Cemeteries Near Orchard Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orchard Hill.
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 Orchard Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orchard Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Crawley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Seagraves Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Crawley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maddox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wadsworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pearson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogletree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shivers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- Greene Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blackman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Oak 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.<4>
While we didn't find Orchard Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orchard Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orchard Hill, with the one closest to Orchard Hill listed first.
- Griffin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Experiment
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Williamson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zebulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Towaliga ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Towaliga is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaliga
- Meansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goggins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- High Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Zetella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Zetella is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jolly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Sunny Side
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Luella is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orchard Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orchard Hill.
Newspapers Published in Orchard Hill ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orchard Hill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orchard Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Orchard Hill:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Spalding County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Upson 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> | 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- Orchard Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Orchard Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |