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 Sherwood Forest (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 Sherwood Forest. 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 Sherwood Forest ...
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 Sherwood Forest: Sherwood Frst.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sherwood Forest. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sherwood Forest.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sherwood Forest is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Rockdale & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Sherwood Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherwood Forest:
- Newton County (The home county of Sherwood Forest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Mansfield Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Mansfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porterdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newton Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Dixie Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Newborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Salem Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- East Wood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Oxford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hub Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Salem Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Fincherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flovilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jenkinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Lovejoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rex
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Ellenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkshire Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Klondike
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Pine Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Lithonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
- East Glen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Pinehurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Estimated population in 2019: 355 people
- Redan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Norris Lake Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norris Lake Shores is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Lake Shores
- Population from the 2010 Census: 59 people
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,884 people
- Loganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Locust Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blacksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Highland Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Oakwood Manor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Stockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge North
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Calvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Round Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Wayside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Bradley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Ethridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Milner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aldora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Box Ankle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Juliette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Forsyth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smarr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bolingbroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Rutledge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Eatonton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Resseaus Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Hallwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Milstead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Conyers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Zingara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- East Griffin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Experiment
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sunny Side
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Esmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Social Circle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Whitney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Youth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Between
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Split Silk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherwood Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Sherwood Forest.
Cemeteries Near Sherwood Forest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherwood Forest.
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 Sherwood Forest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherwood Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Pope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kitchen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Waters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leverette Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hardy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fincher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stark UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Factory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Sherwood Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherwood Forest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherwood Forest, with the one closest to Sherwood Forest listed first.
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Stewart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Worthville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Worthville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Stark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stark is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Smiths Mill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smiths Mill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Mill
- Island Shoals ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Island Shoals is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Shoals
- Peeksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peeksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flovilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jenkinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Starrsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Starrsville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starrsville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cork is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Minneta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minneta is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneta
- Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherwood Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherwood Forest.
Newspapers Published in Sherwood Forest ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood Forest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherwood Forest, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherwood Forest.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Sherwood Forest:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- DeKalb County
- Gwinnett County
- Henry County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Putnam County
- Rockdale County
- Spalding County
- Walton 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 Sherwood Forest, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sherwood Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |