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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 Oreburg (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 Oreburg. 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 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 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.

Oreburg is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.

Below are the counties that are near Oreburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oreburg:

  • Floyd County     (The home county of Oreburg)
  • Bartow County
  • Chattooga County
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Plainville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Calhoun
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Damascus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hill City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hill City is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
    • New Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Resaca Ferry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
    • Resaca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Haralson County
  • Paulding County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Seney
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
    • Cedartown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Etna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Aragon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenway ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Greenway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Esom Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Rockmart
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Martindale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Martindale is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
    • Bronco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bronco is located in Walker County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
    • Furnace ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • LaFayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Villanow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Calhoun County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Dailey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goshen ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Piedmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Collins ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Grantville ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
    • Kirk's Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Lawrence
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Broomtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Starkville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
    • New Moon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Howells Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gaylesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ringgold
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Grover
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Berry Springs ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleburne County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Palestine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Borden Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
    • Oak Level
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • DeKalb County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.
    • Adamsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lickskillet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Alpine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Sigsbee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
    • Bankhead
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dog Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Dog Town is located in DeKalb County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
    • Cordell ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
    • Douglas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
    • Fort Payne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mentone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Head
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Vernon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
    • Hammondville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oreburg, see our County-by-County Page for Oreburg.

Cemeteries Near Oreburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oreburg.

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 Oreburg - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oreburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.

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, Oreburg had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oreburg, with the one closest to Oreburg listed first.

  • Coosa
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lavender
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lavender is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
  • Livingston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Livingston is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
  • Mount Hope ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hope is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Foster Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Foster Mills is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Mills
  • Fouche
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fouche is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouche
  • Cunningham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cunningham is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
  • Holland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Holland is located in Chattooga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Early ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Early is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
  • Grantville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
  • Melson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Melson is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melson
  • Landers ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Landers is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oreburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oreburg.

Newspapers Published in Oreburg ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oreburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oreburg, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oreburg.

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 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 Oreburg:

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 Oreburg, 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- Oreburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.