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 Plainville (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 Plainville. 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 northeast 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 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.
Plainville is located in Gordon 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 Gordon County: Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walker & Whitfield.
Below are the counties that are near Plainville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plainville:
- Gordon County (The home county of Plainville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Calhoun Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Farmville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Damascus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- New Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Resaca Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Sonoraville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Hill City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Resaca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Soapstick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Buff ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Adairsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Country Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Bolivar
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Funkhouser
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Rydal
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Euharlee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Interchange Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- McCallie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Rodgers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Zula ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Pennville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Summerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Berryton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Chattoogaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Menlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cloudland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Salacoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Waleska
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Payne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Cobb County
- Logan Trace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Hermitage
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Shannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Armuchee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Glenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Summerville Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Bass Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Mount Berry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Atlanta Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Gilmer County
- Tails Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Wells ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Ball Ground
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Carters
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Chatsworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County
- Braswell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Ludville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Jerusalem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Talmadge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Hinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Talking Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Seney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Aragon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rockmart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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 southwest)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Villanow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- Martindale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- LaFayette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Crown Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
- Crow ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Rocky Face
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trickum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Waring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waring is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waring
- Tunnel Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Broomtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Grover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Kirk's Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Ringgold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Lawrence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plainville, see our County-by-County Page for Plainville.
Cemeteries Near Plainville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plainville.
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 Plainville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plainville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plainville Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Levett Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reeves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Curryville Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gaines Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (431 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oostanaula Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Highway 53 - Shannon Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Plainville had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Plainville had a population of 322 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plainville, with the one closest to Plainville listed first.
- Nannie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nannie is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nannie
- Rocky Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Creek is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek
- Shannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Oostanaula
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oostanaula is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oostanaula
- Adairsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McDaniels
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDaniels is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Everett Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Everett Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Springs
- Floyd Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Armuchee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Halls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halls is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Zula ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Wilkins ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wilkins is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Eves ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eves is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eves
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plainville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plainville.
Newspapers Published in Plainville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plainville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plainville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plainville.
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 Plainville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Gordon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Floyd County
- Gilmer County
- Murray County
- Paulding County
- Pickens County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plainville) 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 Plainville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |