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 Sardis (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 Sardis. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Sardis is located in Talbot 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 Talbot County: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Taylor & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Sardis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sardis:
- Talbot County (The home county of Sardis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Flint Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Prattsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Box Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Ochillee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Coweta County
- Haralson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Waverly Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mountainbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ellerslie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cataula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Juniper
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Tazewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Manchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chalybeate Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Warm Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Betts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Woodbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carrolls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Greenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Edman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Lone Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Upatoi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Midland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fortson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Glenns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Twin Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- East Edgewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Saint Marys Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zebulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Howard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Carsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Norwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Five Points
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Mauk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Mountville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Louise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Asta Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Hogansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Barker Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- The Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Osanippa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sardis, see our County-by-County Page for Sardis.
Cemeteries Near Sardis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sardis.
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 Sardis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sardis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Sardis Meethodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pineview Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Matthews Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manchester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tramell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Spring CME Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (379 more) ...
- Meadows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Sardis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sardis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sardis, with the one closest to Sardis listed first.
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Belleview
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Chalybeate Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Warm Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Waverly Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Baughville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baughville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughville
- Talbotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ossahatchie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ypsilanti
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ypsilanti is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ypsilanti
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sardis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sardis.
Newspapers Published in Sardis ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sardis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sardis, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sardis.
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 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 Sardis:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee 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 Sardis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sardis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |