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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 Picketts Plantation (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 Picketts Plantation. 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.
Name Variations for Picketts Plantation ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Picketts Plantation, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1> Picketts Plantation may originally have been Pickett's Plantation.Picketts Plantation might be written as Pickett Plantation.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Picketts Plantation is located in Paulding 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 Paulding County : Bartow , Carroll , Cobb , Douglas , Haralson & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Picketts Plantation. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Picketts Plantation:
Paulding County (The home county of Picketts Plantation)
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Country Acres (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Country Acres is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
New Hope (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
New Hope is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
Forrister (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Forrister is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
Dallas (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Hiram (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hanlin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Hanlin is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
Indian Rose (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Indian Rose is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
Home Place Acres (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
Braswell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Braswell is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
Bartow County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Allatoona (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Allatoona is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Bartow (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Bartow is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow Indian Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Indian Village is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Emerson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Cartersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Shellman ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Shellman is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
Buena Vista (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Buena Vista is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
Stilesboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Stilesboro is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
Corbin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Corbin is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
Rodgers (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Rodgers is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Euharlee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Interchange Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Interchange Village is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village Taylorsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Carroll County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Driskolls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Driskolls is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls Hart Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Hart Town is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
Temple (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Cherokee County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Payne (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Payne is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Gibson Acres (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
Motes Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
Allatoona Pass (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Pass Tyson Estates (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
Kingridge West (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
Breeze Hill Estates (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
Skyridge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Skyridge is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
Woodstock (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Lebanon (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Holly Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Colemans Landing (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing Canton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Cobb County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Mars Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Mars Hill is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Calumet Woods (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
Kennesaw Acres (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
Shiloh West (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Shiloh West is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
Acworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Logan Trace (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Logan Trace is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
Mitchell Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
Kennesaw (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Macland (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Macland is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macland Cobb Place Manor (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
Noonday (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Noonday is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
Powder Springs Chase (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
Marietta (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
DeKalb County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Dunwoody West (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
Dunwoody (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Peachtree (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Peachtree is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Brookhaven (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven North Atlanta (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta Chamblee (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
La Vista (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
La Vista is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
Doraville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Northwoods (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Northwoods is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods North Druid Hills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
North Druid Hills is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Druid Hills Turner Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Turner Village is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Village Druid Hills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Emory (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Emory is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Population from the 2010 Census: 393 people
Douglas County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Lithia Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lakeland Hills (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
Douglasville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Blair Heights (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Blair Heights is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
Flowers Estates (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
Springwood Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Springwood Village is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village White City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
White City is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Windwood Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Windwood Village is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village Winston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Ephesus Heights (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
Villa Rica (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Tyree (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Tyree is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Wax (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Wax is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax Bass Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry Dykes ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Dykes is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Brice (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Brice is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Silver Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lindale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hermitage (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Rosemont Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park Atlanta Junction (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction Rome (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Shannon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Chiaha ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Chiaha is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
Summerville Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Summerville Park is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
Fulton County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Mountain Park (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Mountain Park is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
Litchfield Hundred (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
Roswell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Montwicke (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Montwicke is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
Sandy Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Fields Crossroads (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads Buckhead (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Buckhead is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Alpharetta (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Milton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Brookwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Brookwood is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood Lake Union Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
South Fulton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
South Fulton is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton Vine City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Vine City is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine City Gordon County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Fairmount (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Farmville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Farmville is located in Gordon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville Sonoraville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Sonoraville is located in Gordon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
Igo ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Igo is located in Gordon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
Plainville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Gwinnett County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Elmside Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Elmside Village is located in Gwinnett County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside Village Peachtree Corners (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Haralson County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Morgan (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Morgan is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Felton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Buchanan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Pickens County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Talmadge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Talmadge is located in Pickens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
Jerusalem (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Jerusalem is located in Pickens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Ludville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ludville is located in Pickens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville Cagle (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Cagle is located in Pickens County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Rockmart (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Aragon (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Seney (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Seney is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
Grady ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Grady is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
Cedartown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Picketts Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for Picketts Plantation .
Cemeteries Near Picketts Plantation ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Picketts Plantation.
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 Picketts Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Picketts Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Cross Roads Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Allatoona Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Peters Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Morris Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Morris Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
County Line Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fairfield Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Piney Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Mars Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Chastain Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Liberty Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Continue List (578 more) ...
Harmony Grove Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Davis Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Grogan - House Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Picketts Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Picketts Plantation.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Picketts Plantation, with the one closest to Picketts Plantation listed first.
Roxana (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Roxana is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Crowville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Crowville is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowville Story ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Story is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Etta ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Etta is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta Acworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Allatoona (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Allatoona is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Bartow (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Bartow is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow New Hope (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
New Hope is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
Lost Mountain (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain Kennesaw (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Remus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Remus is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remus Dallas (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Cartersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ladds (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Ladds is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds Hiram (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Picketts Plantation. See our List of 1890's Communities around Picketts Plantation .
Newspapers Published in Picketts Plantation ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Picketts Plantation.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Picketts Plantation, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Picketts Plantation.
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 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 Picketts Plantation:
Websites specific to Georgia Pages specific to Paulding County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bartow County Carroll County Cherokee County Cobb County DeKalb County Douglas County Floyd County Fulton County Gordon County Gwinnett County Haralson County Pickens County Polk County Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Picketts Plantation. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Paulding County: https://paulding.gov/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Picketts Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Picketts Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.