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 Perennial (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 Perennial. 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 hospitals and 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.
Perennial is located in Chattooga 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 Chattooga County: Cherokee (AL), DeKalb (AL), Floyd & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Perennial. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perennial:
- Chattooga County (The home county of Perennial)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Berryton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Lyerly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Pennville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Cloudland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Trion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Zula ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Adairsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Rising Fawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stewart Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Armuchee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Coosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Oreburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Glenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mount Berry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Robealou Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Rome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Plainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hill City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Calhoun Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Damascus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Resaca Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Resaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Etna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Seney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Martindale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- LaFayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Cassandra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Kensington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Villanow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- Durham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Rock Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Chickamauga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Trickum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- New Moon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Broomtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Ringgold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Blanche
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Taft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Gaylesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Bankhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Mentone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Head
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Hammondville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Kaolin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Adamsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Lickskillet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Douglas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Central
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Flat Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Higdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eliza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Gray ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Dutton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dutton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Rock City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perennial, see our County-by-County Page for Perennial.
Cemeteries Near Perennial ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perennial.
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 Perennial - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perennial covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Berryton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gamble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Green Church Memorial Monument
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lyerly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Summerville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Menlo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ami Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alexander Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Berea Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Greenhill Memory Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hemphill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Perennial in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Perennial.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perennial, with the one closest to Perennial listed first.
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lyerly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Chelsea
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chelsea is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Grover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Chesterfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chesterfield is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- New Moon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Chattoogaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Silver Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Hill is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Broomtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perennial. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perennial.
Newspapers Published in Perennial ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perennial.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perennial, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perennial.
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 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 Perennial:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Chattooga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson 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> | 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 Perennial, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Perennial) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |