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 Ossahatchie (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 Ossahatchie. 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 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.
Ossahatchie is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Ossahatchie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ossahatchie:
- Harris County (The home county of Ossahatchie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Ellerslie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cataula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Ochillee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Fort Benning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ida Vesper
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Cusseta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Juniper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Buena Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warm Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Chalybeate Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carrolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Midland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upatoi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fortson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Twin Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Branton Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Glenns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- East Edgewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Saint Marys Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Box Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Talbotton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Norwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Howard
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mauk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Mountville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North West Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Barker Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Osanippa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Smith's Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Blanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Prince Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Phenix City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Fort Mitchell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Oswichee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ossahatchie, see our County-by-County Page for Ossahatchie.
Cemeteries Near Ossahatchie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ossahatchie.
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 Ossahatchie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ossahatchie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Ellerslie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clowers Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jenkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McFarlan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Russel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Cataula.
- The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36568 <2>
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ossahatchie had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ossahatchie, with the one closest to Ossahatchie listed first.
- Ellerslie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Waverly Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cataula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Midland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baughville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baughville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughville
- Kingsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Upatoi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fortson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Box Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Schatulga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ossahatchie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ossahatchie.
Newspapers Published in Ossahatchie ...
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 Ossahatchie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ossahatchie, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ossahatchie.
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 Ossahatchie:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ossahatchie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ossahatchie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |