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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 Raytown (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 Raytown. 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.

Raytown is located in Taliaferro 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 Taliaferro County: Greene, Hancock, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Warren & Wilkes.

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

  • Taliaferro County     (The home county of Raytown)
  • Columbia County
  • Glascock County
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raytown, with the one closest to Raytown listed first.
    • Daniel Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
    • Jacksonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • White Plains
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Durham Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Durham Town is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
    • Swaggy Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
    • Union Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Siloam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Woodville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Greensboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Comfort ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Comfort is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raytown, with the one closest to Raytown listed first.
    • Springfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gum Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • Sparta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Zebulon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson County
  • Lincoln County
  • McDuffie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raytown, with the one closest to Raytown listed first.
    • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
      • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
    • Hamilton Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
    • Thomson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Boneville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dearing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Megahee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Megahee is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
  • Oglethorpe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raytown, with the one closest to Raytown listed first.
    • Palmetto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Maxeys
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stephens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lexington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Veribest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
      • Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raytown, with the one closest to Raytown listed first.
    • Cadley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cadley is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
    • Barnett
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Camak
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mesena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Warrenton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raytown, with the one closest to Raytown listed first.
    • Lundberg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
      • Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
    • Tyrone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Washington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • New Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • New Town is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Rayle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tignall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Raytown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raytown.

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

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

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

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>

While we didn't find Raytown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raytown.

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

  • Sharon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hillman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillman is located in Taliaferro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
  • Barnett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cadley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cadley is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
    • Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
  • Little River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Little River is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Norwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Crawfordville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Tyrone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Camak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Powelton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Powelton is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powelton
  • Washington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lyneville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyneville is located in Taliaferro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyneville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Warrenton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mesena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lina ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lina is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lina

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

Newspapers Published in Raytown ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raytown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raytown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Raytown.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Raytown:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Raytown) 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 Raytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.