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 Pine Hills (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 Pine Hills. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Pine Hills is located in Hall 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 Hall County: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin & White.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Hills:
- Hall County (The home county of Pine Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Summer Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- White Sands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Sardis Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Gainesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- Price
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- The Bluffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Westside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westside is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- New Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Whelchel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- Gainesville Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Maysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Carl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Winder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Statham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Ophir
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Free Home
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Ball Ground
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Buffington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Lumpkin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Dawsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barrettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Chestatee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cumming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Ocee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Johns Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Fields Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Lake Union Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Alpharetta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Rest Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Suwanee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dacula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Robin Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Duluth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Broxton Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
- Regency Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Raoul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Demorest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Airy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Clarkesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Talmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Braselton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoschton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Commerce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arcade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Nicholson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Dahlonega
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Willow ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Big Canoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union County
- Suches
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Leo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Yonah
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Nacoochee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Helen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robertstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Hills.
Cemeteries Near Pine Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Hills.
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 Pine Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barrett Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chestatee Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alta Vista Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cool Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- Flat Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gainesville Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Pine Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Hills, with the one closest to Pine Hills listed first.
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Price
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Gainesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chestatee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Oscarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oscarville is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscarville
- Murrayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Flowery Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Landrum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Landrum is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
- Chestnut Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Candler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Land ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Dougherty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dougherty is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougherty
- Coal Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Mountain is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mountain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Hills.
Newspapers Published in Pine Hills ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Hills, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Hills.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pine Hills:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Pickens County
- Union County
- White 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 Pine Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pine Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |