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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Pleasant Retreat. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pleasant Retreat to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant Retreat, please Contact Us.

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 Retreat (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 Retreat. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Pleasant Retreat is historic, it would have been located within present day White 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 White County: Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns & Union.

Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Retreat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Retreat:

  • White County     (The home county of Pleasant Retreat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Cleveland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Yonah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Yonah is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
    • Leo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leo is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
      • Leo has also been known as:
      • Meldean
    • Helen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Nacoochee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Nacoochee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
    • Naguchee ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Naguchee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
    • Robertstown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Robertstown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
    • Sautee - Nacoochee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Banks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Homer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Maysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherokee County
    • Ophir
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ophir is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Lumpkin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
    • Dawsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Barrettsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
  • Fannin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Margret
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Margret is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
    • Craytonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Craytonia is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
    • Newport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Hemp
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hemp is located in Fannin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
    • Morganton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Chestatee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
    • Silver City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Cumming
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
    • Plainview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainview is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Gilmer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Tickanetley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
    • Rolston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Rolston is located in Gilmer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
      • Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
  • Habersham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Mauldins ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mauldins is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
      • Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
    • Demorest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Alto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alto is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,207 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <2>
    • Raoul
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Raoul is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
    • Clarkesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Baldwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cornelia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hills is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
    • Mount Airy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Turnerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tugaloo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Clermont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Brookton is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
    • Land ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Land is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
    • Murrayville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Whelchel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Whelchel is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
    • Hargrove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Hargrove is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
    • Price
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Price is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
    • The Bluffs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • The Bluffs is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
    • Surf Side Club Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
    • Sardis Shores
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
      • Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
    • Lula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • White Sands
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • White Sands is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
      • Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Holly Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Talmo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Pendergrass
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Dry Pond
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Lumpkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Grace ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
    • Willow ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
    • Garland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Garland is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Dahlonega
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Auraria ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Pickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Big Canoe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Marble Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Rabun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Tallulah Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lakemont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wiley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tiger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Germany
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Germany is located in Rabun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Toccoa Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Toccoa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Carnes Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
      • Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
  • Towns County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jacksonville is located in Towns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
    • Young Harris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hiawassee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunt ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hunt is located in Towns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Suches
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Choestoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Choestoe is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
    • Owltown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Owltown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
    • Hood ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hood is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Blairsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Youngcane ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Youngcane is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
    • Canal Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Canal Lake is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
    • Bethlehem
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bethlehem is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
  • Clay County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.
    • Pine Log Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
    • Warne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Retreat, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Retreat.

Cemeteries Near Pleasant Retreat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Retreat.

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 Retreat - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Retreat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.

  • Slabtown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Smiths Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Reeves Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Town Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Shoal Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tesnatee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Walka Mtn. Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (389 more) ...
    • Loudsville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Craven - Chumbler Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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.

Pleasant Retreat itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Retreat, with the one closest to Pleasant Retreat listed first.

  • Tesnatee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Tesnatee is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
  • Grace ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grace is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Cleveland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Garland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garland is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • Willow ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
  • Leo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leo is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
    • Leo has also been known as:
    • Meldean
  • Halfway ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Centerside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerside is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
  • Porter Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Porter Springs is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
  • Dahlonega
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mossy Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mossy Creek is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Creek
  • Land ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Land is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Nacoochee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Nacoochee is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
    • Murrayville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Glades
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Glades is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
      • Glades has also been known as:
      • The Glades

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Retreat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Retreat.

Newspapers Published in Pleasant Retreat ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Retreat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Retreat, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Retreat.

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 helpful 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 Retreat:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Retreat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Retreat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.