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 Reeds (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 Reeds. 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 Reeds ...
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.
While the name of this community is Reeds, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Reeds may originally have been Reed's.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Reeds. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Reeds.
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 doctors 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.
Reeds is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Elbert, Franklin, Madison, Anderson (SC) & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Reeds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reeds:
- Hart County (The home county of Reeds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Bowersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maretts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Dooleys Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Reed Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Cooleys Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Crawfords Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Homer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Winterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Jefferson Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Chamberlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Pine Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Bowman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Dewy Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Elberton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Bowman Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Royston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Canon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cromers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lavonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Parhams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Gumlog
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Nicholson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Commerce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Attica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Dry Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Harrison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Madison Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Shiloh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danielsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Comer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Colbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Planter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Hull
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Spartan Lane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Overlook Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Veribest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Arnoldsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Palmetto
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stephens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Avalon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Jarrett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Toccoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Toccoa Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes County
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Lowndesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Latimer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Calhoun Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Antreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Holland Store
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Price ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Iva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
- Starr
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Townville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Fair Play
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reeds, see our County-by-County Page for Reeds.
Cemeteries Near Reeds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reeds.
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 Reeds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reeds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Unity Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Unity Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vanna Chapel Church Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vanna UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanna UMC Cemetery
- The Vanna UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fellowship Cemetery
- Fellowship Methodist Church Cemetery
- Roy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGarity Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGarity Family Cemetery
- The McGarity Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kay Family Cemetery
- Bowman City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Royston Cemetery
- Royston City Cemetery
- Old Holley Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Berryman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berryman Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32740 <3>
- Rehoboth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Browns Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Franklin Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fork Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Reeds in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reeds.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reeds, with the one closest to Reeds listed first.
- Bowman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Royston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Eagle Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Nickville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nickville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickville
- Dewy Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paoli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paoli is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Danielsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bowersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Goss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Comer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cromers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Fort Lamar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Lamar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lamar
- Ila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reeds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reeds.
Newspapers Published in Reeds ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reeds.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reeds, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reeds.
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 Reeds:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Wilkes County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Oconee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Reeds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Reeds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |