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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 Paradise Acres (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 Paradise Acres. 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.

Paradise Acres is located in Seminole County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seminole County: Houston (AL), Jackson (FL), Decatur, Early & Miller.

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

  • Seminole County     (The home county of Paradise Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Butlers Ferry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
      • Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
    • Reynoldsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
      • Reynoldsville is located in Seminole County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
    • Steam Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Steam Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steam Mill
      • Steam Mill is located in Seminole County
    • Iron City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Donalsonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Decatur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Recovery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
      • Recovery is located in Decatur County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
    • Faceville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
      • Faceville is located in Decatur County
    • Brinson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bainbridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fowlstown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Attapulgus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Climax
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Early County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Jakin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jakin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakin
      • Jakin is located in Early County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jakin <3>
    • Springfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
      • Springfield is located in Early County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,084 people
    • Cedar Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Miller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Floydtown ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Floydtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydtown
      • Floydtown is located in Miller County
    • Boykin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
      • Boykin is located in Miller County
    • Mayhaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mayhaw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhaw
      • Mayhaw is located in Miller County
    • Colquitt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Houston County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Gordon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Gordon is located in Houston County (AL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Cottonwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Calhoun County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Ocheesee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County (FL)
    • Altha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altha
      • Altha is located in Calhoun County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altha <3>
    • Chipola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County (FL)
    • Blountstown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McNeal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County (FL)
  • Gadsden County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Chattahoochee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • River Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County (FL)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sycamore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County (FL)
    • Gretna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Gretna is located in Gadsden County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
    • Greensboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Douglas City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County (FL)
    • Quincy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Quincy is located in Gadsden County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,804 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quincy <3>
    • Havana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
      • Havana is located in Gadsden County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,695 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havana <3>
  • Jackson County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Parramore ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parramore
      • Parramore is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Sneads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sneads
      • Sneads is located in Jackson County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,754 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sneads <3>
    • Inwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Grand Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Two Egg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
      • Two Egg is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Cypress
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bascom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
      • Bascom is located in Jackson County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bascom <3>
    • Greenwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Malone
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
      • Malone is located in Jackson County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,082 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malone <3>
    • Marianna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
      • Marianna is located in Jackson County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marianna <3>
    • Cottondale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Liberty County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paradise Acres, with the one closest to Paradise Acres listed first.
    • Bristol
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
      • Bristol is located in Liberty County (FL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bristol <3>
    • Hosford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Paradise Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paradise Acres.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Galilee MB Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Trawick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trawick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trawick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairchild Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairchild Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairchild Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairchild Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairchild Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairchild Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wooten Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wooten Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wooten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thursby Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thursby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thursby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whiddon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whiddon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whiddon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Owens - Bellview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hebrew Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • White Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sand Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (179 more) ...
    • Dykes Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dykes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dykes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pope Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cloud Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cloud Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cloud Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Paradise Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paradise Acres.

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

  • Sneads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sneads
    • Sneads is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,754 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sneads <3>
  • Chattahoochee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Inwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Inwood is located in Jackson County (FL)
  • River Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for River Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
    • River Junction is located in Gadsden County (FL)
  • Recovery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
    • Recovery is located in Decatur County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
  • Cypress
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Faceville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faceville
    • Faceville is located in Decatur County
  • Brinson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sycamore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sycamore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County (FL)
  • Bascom
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
    • Bascom is located in Jackson County (FL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bascom <3>
  • Spooner ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spooner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
    • Spooner is located in Miller County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Greenwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ocheesee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocheesee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County (FL)
    • Bainbridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Paradise Acres ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paradise Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paradise Acres, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paradise Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Paradise Acres:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paradise Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Paradise Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paradise Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8191, Longitude: -84.8799       In this case, the coordinates for Paradise Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Paradise Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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