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 Pleasant Grove (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 Pleasant Grove. 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 Pleasant Grove ...
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 Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Pleasant Grove is located in Union 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 Union County: Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, White, Cherokee (NC) & Clay (NC).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Union County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Canal Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blairsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Hood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Choestoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Suches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dawson County
- Dawsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Craytonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Hemp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Margret
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Morganton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cutcane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Greens Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Mineral Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blue Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pantertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- McCaysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Epworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Tickanetley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Cherry Log
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- White Path
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Santaluca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- Northcutt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- East Ellijay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellijay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yukon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Habersham County
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Clermont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Murrayville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brookton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Land ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Willow ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Dahlonega
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Garland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Pickens County
- Big Canoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Jacksonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hiawassee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Tate City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tate City is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate City
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Robertstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Helen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Yonah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Culberson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Murphy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hothouse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Grape Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Postell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Burger Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Hiwassee Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Ogreeta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Vests
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Marble
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Boiling Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Coalville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coalville is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brasstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hayesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Copperhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ducktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chanceytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.
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 Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coosa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mathis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Butt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Confidence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Dillard Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blairsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Craytonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Choestoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Caldwell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Caldwell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Hemp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Quebec ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Quebec is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Trackrock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trackrock is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trackrock
- Gaddistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gaddistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddistown
- Suches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Young Harris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dora ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dora is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Welch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welch is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
- Warne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Grove.
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 Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Gilmer County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Lumpkin County
- Pickens County
- Towns County
- White County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Polk 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 Pleasant Grove, 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' (or 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- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |