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 Primrose (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 Primrose. 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 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.
Primrose is located in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County: Coweta, Harris, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Primrose. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Primrose:
- Meriwether County (The home county of Primrose)
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Rocky Mount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Luthersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Edman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Carrolls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Betts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Warm Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Whitesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Bexton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Grantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Sharpsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Senoia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newnan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Foreston Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Brooks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peachtree City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Fayette Villa Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Woolsey Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Tyrone Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
- Tyrone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- McIntosh Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Woolsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Palmetto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Chattahoochee Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fife
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fife is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Fairburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Corinth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Houston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Centralhatchee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Glenn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Molena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hilltop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Lawrences Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Williamson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zebulon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Esmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Experiment
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sunny Side
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Orchard Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Flint Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Mountville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hogansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Louise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- LaGrange
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Graysons Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Rockwell Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Pioneer Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Barker Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Thomaston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Evansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Primrose, see our County-by-County Page for Primrose.
Cemeteries Near Primrose ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Primrose.
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 Primrose - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Primrose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Possum Trot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cousins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McLaughin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brittain Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ollie Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (569 more) ...
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crowley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crowley Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Lone Oak and Luthersville. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southwest of Luthersville.
- The Crowley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melson - Post Cemetery
- Old David Keith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33504 <2>
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Primrose in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Primrose.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
- Midway
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Midway is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Saint Marks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Rocky Mount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Luthersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Alps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Grantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Moreland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mountville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Haralson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Primrose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Primrose.
Newspapers Published in Primrose ...
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 Primrose.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Primrose, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Primrose.
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 Primrose:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Meriwether County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers 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> | 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. |
| <3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lone Oak and Luthersville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Primrose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Primrose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |