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 Prospect (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 Prospect. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Prospect is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Banks, Hart, Madison, Stephens & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Prospect. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prospect:
- Franklin County (The home county of Prospect)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Plainview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Parhams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Lavonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gumlog
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Canon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Royston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Bowman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Mount Airy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornelia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Raoul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Demorest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Clarkesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turnerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tugaloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Gillsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Surf Side Club Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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
- White Sulphur Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brookton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Clermont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jarrett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Land ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Sugar Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Hargrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Rainbow Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
- New Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- The Bluffs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Bowersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Flat Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Maretts
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Hartwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Crawfords Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Commerce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dry Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Holly Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Nicholson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pendergrass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Talmo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Attica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Grace ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Garland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Ila
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Madison Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Harrison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Planter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Dalton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Danielsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Hull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Comer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rabun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Tallulah Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lakemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wiley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tiger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Carnes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Toccoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eastanollee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toccoa Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Avalon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jarrett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Leo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nacoochee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Yonah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Helen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robertstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Price ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Townville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Battle Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Westminster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Longcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walhalla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prospect, see our County-by-County Page for Prospect.
Cemeteries Near Prospect ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prospect.
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 Prospect - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prospect covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Corinth Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Damascus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Farmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunshine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culpepper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kimbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (498 more) ...
- Currahee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leatherwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Prospect in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prospect.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prospect, with the one closest to Prospect listed first.
- Jewelville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jewelville is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewelville
- Walnut Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Hollingsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hollingsworth is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Mount Airy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Banks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Salubrity ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Salubrity is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubrity
- Cornelia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carnesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Longview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Alto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Demorest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prospect. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prospect.
Newspapers Published in Prospect ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prospect, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prospect.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Prospect:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Elbert County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Lumpkin County
- Madison County
- Rabun County
- Stephens County
- White County
- Anderson County
- Oconee 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 Prospect, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prospect) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |