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 Reeseburg (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 Reeseburg. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Reeseburg is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Reeseburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reeseburg:
- Floyd County (The home county of Reeseburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Brice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Lindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rosemont Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Robealou Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Rome
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Berry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bass Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Cave Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Taylorsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Euharlee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Country Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Rodgers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adairsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cartersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Bartow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bartow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Temple
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hart Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Driskolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Zula ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Lyerly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Pennville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Menlo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee County
- Payne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Acworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Calumet Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Logan Trace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
- Shiloh West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Calhoun Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Sugar Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sonoraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Felton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Budapest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Morgan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Tallapoosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Braswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- New Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Home Place Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Seney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedartown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockmart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Dailey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Tecumseh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Rock Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Exie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Howells Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Noah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Tucker Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Gaylesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Palestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reeseburg, see our County-by-County Page for Reeseburg.
Cemeteries Near Reeseburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reeseburg.
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 Reeseburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reeseburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Damascus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ware Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bobo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (496 more) ...
- Wax Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Baptist Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Aragon.
- The Live Oak Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Live Oak Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2210468 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Reeseburg had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reeseburg, with the one closest to Reeseburg listed first.
- Brice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Seney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Chulio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chulio is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulio
- Atlanta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- New Rome
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Cunningham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Landers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Etowah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Etowah is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grady ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Fish Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fish Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freemans is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reeseburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reeseburg.
Newspapers Published in Reeseburg ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reeseburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reeseburg, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reeseburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Reeseburg:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reeseburg) 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 Reeseburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |