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 Richardson Estates (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 Richardson Estates. 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 Richardson Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Richardson Estates: Richardson Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Richardson Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richardson Estates.
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 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.
Richardson Estates is located in Bibb 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 Bibb County: Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach & Twiggs.
Below are the counties that are near Richardson Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richardson Estates:
- Bibb County (The home county of Richardson Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Walden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Rutland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Vinson Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Bloomfield Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- East Macon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Macon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheeler Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Brookhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Cross Keys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Mogul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Payne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Coopers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Brown's Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Bleckley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Royal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
- Allentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cochran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Lee Pope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Zenith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Roberta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Musella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dodge County
- Empire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Dooly County
- Unadilla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Elberta
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Warner Robins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stathams Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Bonaire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Kathleen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clinchfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elko
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Belvedere Manor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Mountain Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Pitts
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Morton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- James
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Gray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bradley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Fortville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Laurens County
- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Macon County
- Marshallville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smarr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Juliette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Culloden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Echeconnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lakeview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miami Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Taylors Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Fort Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
- Pulaski County
- Hawkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- Reynolds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Huber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Dry Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Dedrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- McIntyre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irwinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richardson Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Richardson Estates.
Cemeteries Near Richardson Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richardson Estates.
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 Richardson Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richardson Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Ferguson Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Memorial Gardens
- The Ferguson Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Ferguson Cemetery
- Glen Haven Memorial Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parkway Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wheelus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelus Cemetery
- The Wheelus Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wheeler Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leverett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Feagin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- D.D. Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pearce Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (352 more) ...
- Hale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andrews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Richardson Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richardson Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richardson Estates, with the one closest to Richardson Estates listed first.
- Avondale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Reids
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reids is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Sofkee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Walden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Rutland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Echeconnee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Tharpe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tharpe is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
- Bonaire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Heard is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
- Dry Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fitzpatrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kathleen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Lizella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richardson Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richardson Estates.
Newspapers Published in Richardson Estates ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richardson Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richardson Estates, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richardson Estates.
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 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 Richardson Estates:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bibb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bleckley County
- Crawford County
- Dodge County
- Dooly County
- Houston County
- Jones County
- Laurens County
- Macon County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Pulaski County
- Taylor County
- Twiggs County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Richardson Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Richardson Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |