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 Mountain Valley (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 Mountain Valley. 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 Pine Mountain Valley ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Mountain Valley: Pine Mtn. Vly. (or less commonly used: Pine Mntn. Vly.)
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 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.
Pine Mountain Valley is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Mountain Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Mountain Valley:
- Harris County (The home county of Pine Mountain Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waverly Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Ochillee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Fort Benning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Coweta County
- Grantville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Marion County
- Juniper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Chalybeate Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Betts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Fortson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Upatoi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Branton Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Maridale Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- East Edgewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Bibb City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Flint Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Box Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Norwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Howard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Mountville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Louise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Rockwell Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sassafrass Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- West Lake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Asta Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Sunny Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Barker Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Hannahs Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- River View
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Eady City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lanett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plant City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Huguley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Cusseta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Evansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Fredonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Blanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Phenix City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Mountain Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Mountain Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pine Mountain Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Mountain Valley.
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 Mountain Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Mountain Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Roosevelt Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley First Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hamilton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hamilton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #34313 <3>
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Copland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meadows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (377 more) ...
- Tucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Pine Mountain Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Mountain Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Mountain Valley, with the one closest to Pine Mountain Valley listed first.
- Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Shiloh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Waverly Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Cataula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ossahatchie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ellerslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mountain Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Mulberry Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Mountain Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Mountain Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pine Mountain Valley ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Mountain Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Mountain Valley, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Mountain Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pine Mountain Valley:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Coweta County
- Heard County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Mountain Valley) 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 Pine Mountain Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |