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 Patillo (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 Patillo. 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.
Patillo is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Butts, Monroe, Pike, Spalding & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Patillo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Patillo:
- Lamar County (The home county of Patillo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Milner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aldora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fincherville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Lovejoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Dartmouth Estates
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Acres
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Ellenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Haralson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Senoia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- Musella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- Klondike
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Woolsey Woods
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Woolsey
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Blakely Woods
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Foreston Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Locust Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blacksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McDonough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Oakwood Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 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
- Whitehouse
(23 miles [37 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
- 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
- Stockbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Calvin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Round Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Wayside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Gay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Box Ankle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Forsyth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Juliette
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Smarr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Culloden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bolingbroke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Salem Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Newton Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Salem Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Porterdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Mansfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Williamson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Meansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Molena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Griffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Experiment
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Sunny Side
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- The Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Delray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Hannahs Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Barker Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Patillo, see our County-by-County Page for Patillo.
Cemeteries Near Patillo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Patillo.
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 Patillo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Patillo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Foster - Jester - Huddleston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Head Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Settle - Farley Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pearson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Weaver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ogletree Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (470 more) ...
- Crawley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Patillo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Patillo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Patillo, with the one closest to Patillo listed first.
- Towaliga ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Towaliga is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaliga
- High Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Elgin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Blount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blount is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount
- Goggins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jenkinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Collier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Collier is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
- Luella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luella is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Experiment
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cabaniss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
- Flovilla
(12 miles [19.3 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 Patillo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Patillo.
Newspapers Published in Patillo ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Patillo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Patillo, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Patillo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Patillo:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Lamar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- DeKalb County
- Fayette County
- Henry County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Spalding 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Patillo) 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 Patillo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |