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 Shoal Creek (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 Shoal Creek. 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 Shoal Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Shoal Creek: Shoal Crk. (or less commonly used: Shoal Ck. or Shoal Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shoal Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shoal Creek.
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 and doctors 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.
Shoal Creek is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Elbert, Franklin, Madison, Anderson (SC) & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Shoal Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shoal Creek:
- Hart County (The home county of Shoal Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Maretts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Flat Shoals
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crawfords Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Dooleys Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Banks County
- Homer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Bowman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Dewy Rose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Goss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harmony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Bowman Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Elberton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Lavonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gumlog
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Canon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parhams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Carnesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Cromers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Plainview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Tugaloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Mount Airy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Turnerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cornelia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Clarkesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Demorest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- Commerce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Harrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Madison Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Danielsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ila
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Comer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Planter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Colbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Rabun County
- Tallulah Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Carnes Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Toccoa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toccoa Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Lake Secession
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Lowndesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antreville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Price ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Townville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Leisure Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Deans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Starr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- La France
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Pendleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Fair Play
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Westminster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Richland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Seneca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Newry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Walhalla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Longcreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Clemson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Isaqueena Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Central
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Norris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Six Mile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shoal Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Shoal Creek.
Cemeteries Near Shoal Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shoal Creek.
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 Shoal Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shoal Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Providence UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence UMC Cemetery
- The Providence UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Providence Cemetery
- Price Chapel Church of God Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maret Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Poole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Byrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- The Robertson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carnes Family Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Light Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- Bowersville City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Shoal Creek had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shoal Creek, with the one closest to Shoal Creek listed first.
- Lavonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Play
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Hartwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eagle Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Salubrity ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Salubrity is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubrity
- Royston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Townville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oakway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Carnesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shoal Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shoal Creek.
Newspapers Published in Shoal Creek ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shoal Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shoal Creek, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shoal Creek.
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 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 Shoal Creek:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Habersham County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Rabun County
- Stephens County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Oconee County
- Pickens 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 Shoal Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shoal Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |