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 Relay (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 Relay. 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 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 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.
Relay 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 Relay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Relay:
- Floyd County (The home county of Relay)
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Brice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Silver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wax
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Lindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rosemont Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Robealou Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Cave Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bass Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Mount Berry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Taylorsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Euharlee
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Rodgers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cassville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Cartersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Adairsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Emerson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Temple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Driskolls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Hart Town
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Bowdon Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Lyerly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- 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
- Acworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Douglas County
- Villa Rica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon County
- Plainville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Felton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Budapest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Morgan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Tallapoosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bremen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- 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
- Home Place Acres
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Seney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Cedartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aragon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockmart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Dailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Tecumseh
(15 miles [24.1 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 northwest)
- 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
(18 miles [29 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 northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Exie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Howells Crossroads
(20 miles [32.2 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 northwest)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Spring Garden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Gaylesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Relay, see our County-by-County Page for Relay.
Cemeteries Near Relay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Relay.
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 Relay - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Relay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bobo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ware Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Polk Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Live Oak Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Wax Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Relay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Relay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Relay, with the one closest to Relay listed first.
- Lake Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Brice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Reeseburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Seney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Silver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Chulio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chulio is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulio
- Lindale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cunningham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Landers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fish is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish
- Fish Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Atlanta Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Relay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Relay.
Newspapers Published in Relay ...
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 Relay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Relay, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Relay.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Relay:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- Cobb County
- Douglas 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 '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- Relay) 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 Relay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |