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 Smiths Crossroad (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 Smiths Crossroad. 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 Smiths Crossroad ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Smiths Crossroad: Smiths Xrd.
- While the name of this community is Smiths Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Smiths Crossroad may originally have been Smith's Crossroad.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Smiths Crossroad might be written as Smith Crossroad.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Smiths Crossroad is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Smiths Crossroad. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smiths Crossroad:
- Troup County (The home county of Smiths Crossroad)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- LaGrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Lake Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Mountville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- North West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Louise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Grantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- East Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Pine Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Houston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- O'Neals Crossroad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Frolona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Harris City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Warm Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Luthersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Betts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carrolls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Chalybeate Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Edman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Fortson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Midland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Flint Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Lanett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- River View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Huguley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Osanippa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Fredonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Five Points
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Stroud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Blanton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Chewacla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Gwen Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Rock Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smiths Crossroad, see our County-by-County Page for Smiths Crossroad.
Cemeteries Near Smiths Crossroad ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smiths Crossroad.
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 Smiths Crossroad - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smiths Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Linebarker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McCalls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Daniel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rakestraw Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Talley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fannin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bright Star Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newsom 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 Smiths Crossroad in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smiths Crossroad.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smiths Crossroad, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroad listed first.
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- LaGrange
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gabbettville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Long Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Whitesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Mountville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- River View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Osanippa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Mountain Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smiths Crossroad. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smiths Crossroad.
Newspapers Published in Smiths Crossroad ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smiths Crossroad.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smiths Crossroad, 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 Smiths Crossroad.
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 Smiths Crossroad:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Smiths Crossroad, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Smiths Crossroad) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |