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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Shields. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Shields to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shields, please Contact Us.
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 Shields (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 Shields. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Shields is historic, it would have been located within present day Morgan 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 Morgan County: Greene, Jasper, Newton, Oconee, Putnam & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Shields. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shields:
- Morgan County (The home county of Shields)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Smyrna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bostwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Braswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Rutledge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Statham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Russell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Winder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Chamberlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Pine Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Lexington Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Athens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Winterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Greensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Union Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Siloam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Daniel Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Swaggy Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- White Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gwinnett County
- Loganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hancock County
- Gum Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Shady Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Monticello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Hull
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Colbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Newborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hub Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Wood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Mansfield Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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 west)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Essex Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Porterdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Newton Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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 Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marshall Estates
(12 miles [19.3 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
- High Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North High Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Watkinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eastville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Spartan Lane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Overlook Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Bogart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Osceola Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Maxeys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Eatonton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oconee Springs
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Hallwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Carters Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Crawfordville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Good Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Social Circle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whitney
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Campton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Jersey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Between
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Walnut Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Split Silk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Youth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shields, see our County-by-County Page for Shields.
Cemeteries Near Shields ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shields.
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 Shields - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shields covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Brown - Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Apalachee Prior Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thrasher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Almand Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Long Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Perkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greshamville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (449 more) ...
- William Ruark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madison Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Memorial Park
- The Madison Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Madison Historic Cemetery
- Madison Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37306 <4>
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.
While we didn't find Shields in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shields.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shields, with the one closest to Shields listed first.
- Greshamville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greshamville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshamville
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Bostwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Dorsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dorsey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Bishop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fairplay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairplay is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Carey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carey is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Rutledge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- High Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watkinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Penfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Penfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shields. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shields.
Newspapers Published in Shields ...
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 Shields.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shields, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shields.
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 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 Shields:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Taliaferro County
- Walton County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Shields, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Shields) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |