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 Silk Mills (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 Silk Mills. 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 Silk Mills ...
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 Silk Mills: Silk Mls. (or less commonly used: Silk Mlls.)
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 doctors and 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.
Silk Mills is located in Elbert 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 Elbert County: Hart, Lincoln, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Abbeville (SC), Anderson (SC) & McCormick (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Silk Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silk Mills:
- Elbert County (The home county of Silk Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Elberton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Goss
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Dewy Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Winterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Lexington Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Royston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Lavonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Hartwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Cooleys Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Bowersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Reed Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Crawfords Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lincolnton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Carlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Comer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
- Colbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Danielsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Patterson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Ila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Planter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Veribest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arnoldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Stephens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maxeys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taliaferro County
- Carters Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Tignall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tyrone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Lowndesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Latimer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Lake Secession
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Abbeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Due West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Iva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Holland Store
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Starr
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Price ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Homeland Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Willington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willington is located in McCormick County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County (SC)
- Fair Play
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silk Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Silk Mills.
Cemeteries Near Silk Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silk Mills.
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 Silk Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silk Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Falling Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mobley Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hills Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Whites Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruckersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville Cemetery
- The Ruckersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ruckersville UMC Cemetery
- Dove Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stinchcomb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Springfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Silk Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silk Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silk Mills, with the one closest to Silk Mills listed first.
- Elberton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Middleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Middleton is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Ruckersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Goss
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Stansell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stansell is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansell
- Oglesby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oglesby is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
- Dewy Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heardmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Nickville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nickville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickville
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vesta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vesta is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Montevideo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silk Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silk Mills.
Newspapers Published in Silk Mills ...
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 Silk Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silk Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silk Mills.
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 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 Silk Mills:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Elbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Taliaferro County
- Wilkes County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- McCormick County
- Oconee 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> | 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 Silk Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Silk Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |