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 Peeksville (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 Peeksville. 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 and doctors 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.
Peeksville is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Butts, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Newton, Rockdale & Spalding.
Below are the counties that are near Peeksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peeksville:
- Henry County (The home county of Peeksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blacksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Whitehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Highland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Oakwood Manor
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge North
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Fincherville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Jenkinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Flovilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Lovejoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bonanza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Rex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ellenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkshire Estates
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Dartmouth Estates
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Riverdale Acres
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Clayton Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Klondike
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Pine Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Lithonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stonecrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
- East Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Pinehurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Redan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Panthersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Panthersville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panthersville
- Bermuda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bermuda is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Gresham Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham Park
- Glenwood Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood Hills is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Hills
- Pine Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Belvedere Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belvedere Park is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Park
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Inman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woolsey Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Woolsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Blakely Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Harp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Brooks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McIntosh Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Winterthur Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Winterthur Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterthur Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,237 people
- Lafayette Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,339 people
- Franklin Farms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin Farms is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Farms
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,192 people
- Foreston Place
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Doral Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Doral Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doral Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,265 people
- Blair Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Village is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Village
- Plunket Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plunket Town is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunket Town
- Thomasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomasville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,518 people
- Hapeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Norris Lake Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norris Lake Shores is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Lake Shores
- Population from the 2010 Census: 59 people
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Twin Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Calvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shady Dale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jones County
- Round Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Aldora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Box Ankle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Juliette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forsyth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smarr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Salem Branch
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Porterdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Woods
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Dixie Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Mansfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Essex Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- East Wood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Newborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Williamson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Conyers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Milstead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Lakeview Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Zingara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- East Griffin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Experiment
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Side
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Griffin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Esmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Social Circle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Jersey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Youth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Whitney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peeksville, see our County-by-County Page for Peeksville.
Cemeteries Near Peeksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peeksville.
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 Peeksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peeksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Old Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Messer - Knowles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McMichael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Etheredge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harkness Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stark UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Sharon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snapping Shoals Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Henley - Heflin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Peeksville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peeksville, with the one closest to Peeksville listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Worthville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Worthville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stark is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Island Shoals ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Island Shoals is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Shoals
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Stewart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stewart is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- McDonough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Luella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Luella is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Towaliga ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Towaliga is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaliga
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Elgin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Indian Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Flovilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peeksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peeksville.
Newspapers Published in Peeksville ...
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 Peeksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peeksville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peeksville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Peeksville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- DeKalb County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Rockdale County
- Spalding County
- Walton 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peeksville) 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 Peeksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |