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 Smarr (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 Smarr. 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 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.
Smarr is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones & Lamar.
Below are the counties that are near Smarr. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smarr:
- Monroe County (The home county of Smarr)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Forsyth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bolingbroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Juliette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Box Ankle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Culloden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin County
- Brown's Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Lizella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Brookhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Payne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bloomfield Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vinson Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Cross Keys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Mogul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- East Macon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Rutland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Wheeler Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Walden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Flovilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jenkinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fincherville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Musella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roberta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lee Pope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Zenith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Henry County
- Locust Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elberta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Warner Robins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Wayside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Round Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Bradley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Belvedere Manor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Gray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jones Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Morton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Pitts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- James
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Fortville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Mountain Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Goggins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Barnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aldora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Liberty Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Milner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Echeconnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Taylors Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Fort Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miami Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Meansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zebulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam County
- Resseaus Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Griffin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Experiment
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Carsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Dry Branch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- The Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Delray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Thomaston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hannahs Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Lincoln Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Wilkinson County
- Brooks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smarr, see our County-by-County Page for Smarr.
Cemeteries Near Smarr ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smarr.
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 Smarr - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smarr covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Little Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zellner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zellner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zellner Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Forsyth.
- McCowen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chambliss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Thomas Battle Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCough African-American Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wadley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webb - Roquemore Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the east of Forsyth.
- Greater Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Forsyth.
- Stern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stern Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stern Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Forsyth.
- Forsyth City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Smarr in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smarr.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smarr, with the one closest to Smarr listed first.
- Forsyth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maynard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Bolingbroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bamah ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bamah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamah
- Lorane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lorane is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Brent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brent is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Collier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Collier is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
- Montpelier ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Montpelier is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Dames Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dames Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dames Ferry
- Juliette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Strouds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strouds is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strouds
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cabaniss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
- Lizella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ceres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ceres is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smarr. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smarr.
Newspapers Published in Smarr ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smarr.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smarr, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smarr.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Smarr:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bibb County
- Butts County
- Crawford County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Peach County
- Pike County
- Putnam County
- Spalding County
- Taylor County
- Twiggs County
- Upson County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smarr) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Smarr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |