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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 Reids Crossroads (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 Reids Crossroads. 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 Reids Crossroads ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Reids Crossroads: Reids Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Reids Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Reids Crossroads may originally have been Reid's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Reids Crossroads might be written as Reid Crossroads.

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 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.

Reids Crossroads is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones & Morgan.

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

  • Putnam County     (The home county of Reids Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Eatonton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jefferson is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Hallwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hallwood is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
    • Dennis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Dennis is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
    • Resseaus Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
    • Oconee Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Oconee Springs is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Springs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 243 people
  • Baldwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Meriwether
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Brown's Crossing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
    • Milledgeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Spring
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
    • Coopers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Coopers is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
    • The Colony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Colony is located in Baldwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
  • Butts County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Flovilla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fincherville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Fincherville is located in Butts County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Comfort ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Comfort is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
    • Greensboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Siloam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Swaggy Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
      • Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
    • White Plains
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
    • Union Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Jacksonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacksonville is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
    • Durham Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Durham Town is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
    • Daniel Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
      • Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Buckhead ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckhead is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 183 people
    • Gum Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
    • Sparta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Springfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Springfield is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Zebulon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Zebulon is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Shady Dale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Monticello
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calvin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Calvin is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
    • Hillsboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Ethridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Ethridge is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
    • Round Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Round Oak is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
    • Fortville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Fortville is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
    • Bradley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Bradley is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Haddock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wayside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wayside is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
    • Gray
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Gray is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <2>
    • Clinton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Clinton is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Former name for Clinton:
      • Albany
    • James
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • James is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
    • Morton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Morton is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
      • Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
  • Monroe County
    • Juliette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Buckhead
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Madison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Smyrna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Smyrna is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Rutledge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Bostwick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Braswell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Braswell is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
      • Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Newborn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mansfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Mansfield Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
    • Dixie Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixie Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
    • Hub Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hub Junction is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
    • Dixie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixie is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
    • East Wood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • East Wood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
    • Covington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Essex Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Essex Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Oxford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Porterdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Newton Woods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Newton Woods is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
  • Oconee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Farmington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Bishop
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • High Shoals
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • North High Shoals
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
    • Cumberland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cumberland is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
    • Marshall Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
  • Oglethorpe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Maxeys
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Stephens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Walton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads listed first.
    • Social Circle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Good Hope
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Whitney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitney is located in Walton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Jersey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Reids Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reids Crossroads.

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 Reids Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reids Crossroads, with the one closest to Reids Crossroads 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 Reids Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reids Crossroads.

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

  • Godfrey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Godfrey is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
  • Eatonton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Aikenton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Aikenton is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikenton
  • Willard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Willard is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
  • Spivey ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Spivey is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
  • Pennington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pennington is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Shady Dale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Machen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Machen is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machen
  • Note
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Note
  • Buckhead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Clopton ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Clopton is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
  • Farrar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Farrar is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Madison
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Stanfordville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Stanfordville is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfordville
    • Nona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Nona is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nona

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

Newspapers Published in Reids Crossroads ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reids Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reids Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reids Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Reids Crossroads:

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 Reids Crossroads, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Reids Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.