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 Pedenville (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 Pedenville. 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.
Pedenville is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Pedenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pedenville:
- Pike County (The home county of Pedenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Molena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williamson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zebulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Meansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Butts County
- Jenkinsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Lovejoy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Clayton Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Jonesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Dartmouth Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Shangri-La on the Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shangri-La on the Lake is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri-La on the Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,862 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Haralson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Senoia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Jade Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Newnan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Brooks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Woolsey Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Hamptons Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Woolsey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Harp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Peachtree City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Tinsley Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Fayette Villa Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Fife
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Carlton Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rebecca Lake Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rebecca Lake Estates is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Lake Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 165 people
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heard County
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Milner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Aldora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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 Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Gay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Betts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luthersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Chalybeate Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Lone Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Culloden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Esmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Griffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Experiment
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Sunny Side
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Flint Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belleview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Prattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Talbotton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- Carsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Mountville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hogansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Louise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Barker Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Hannahs Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Sunset Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Delray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- The Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thomaston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pedenville, see our County-by-County Page for Pedenville.
Cemeteries Near Pedenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pedenville.
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 Pedenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pedenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ackiss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thrash Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Thrash Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crouch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- Head Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bush Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pedenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pedenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pedenville, with the one closest to Pedenville listed first.
- Concord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollonville
- Gay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Neal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Jolly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Beeks ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beeks is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
- Alps
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Molena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williamson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Zetella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zetella is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pedenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pedenville.
Newspapers Published in Pedenville ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pedenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pedenville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pedenville.
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 Pedenville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup 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> | 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 Pedenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Pedenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |