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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 Pioneer Village (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 Pioneer Village. 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 Pioneer Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pioneer Village: Pioneer Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pioneer Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pioneer Village.
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 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.
Pioneer Village is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Pioneer Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pioneer Village:
- Troup County (The home county of Pioneer Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- North West Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- LaGrange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Lake Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Whitfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Louise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Abbottsford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Grantville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Pine Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mountain Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Houston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- O'Neals Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Harris City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Lone Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Betts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Chalybeate Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Luthersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Carrolls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Fortson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hills
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Maridale Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Hilton Heights
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Branton Woods
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Flint Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Eady City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Lanett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plant City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- River View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Huguley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Evansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Fredonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Standing Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Cusseta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Blanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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
- Chewacla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Gwen Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- The Bottle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Rock Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Ladonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pioneer Village, see our County-by-County Page for Pioneer Village.
Cemeteries Near Pioneer Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pioneer Village.
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 Pioneer Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pioneer Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Bright Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rivers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCalls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sledge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rakestraw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Talley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daniel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Linebarker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pioneer Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pioneer Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pioneer Village, with the one closest to Pioneer Village listed first.
- Whitesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Gabbettville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Long Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- LaGrange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- River View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Mountain Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pioneer Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pioneer Village.
Newspapers Published in Pioneer Village ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pioneer Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pioneer Village, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pioneer Village.
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 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 Pioneer Village:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Pioneer Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Pioneer Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |