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 Crossroads (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 Crossroads. 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 Crossroads ...
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 Crossroads: Smiths Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Smiths Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Smiths Crossroads may originally have been Smith's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Smiths Crossroads might be written as Smith Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smiths Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smiths Crossroads.
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.
Smiths Crossroads is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Smiths Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smiths Crossroads:
- Harris County (The home county of Smiths Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Pine Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cataula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waverly Hall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coweta County
- Grantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- O'Neals Crossroad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Marion County
- Juniper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Warm Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Betts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Carrolls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Fortson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenns
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Upatoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bibb City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Branton Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- City Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- East Edgewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Flint Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Box Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- North West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Mountville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Whitfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- West Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Louise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(17 miles [27.4 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Abbottsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Upson County
- Barker Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- River View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Eady City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lanett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huguley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Cusseta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Evansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Fredonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Standing Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Blanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Prince Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Opelika
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Randolph County (AL)
- Rock Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Ladonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Crawford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smiths Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Smiths Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Smiths Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smiths Crossroads.
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 Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smiths Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Bugg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hadley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (431 more) ...
- Geter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith - Hattox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smiths Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smiths Crossroads, with the one closest to Smiths Crossroads listed first.
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Whitesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Mountain Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Kingsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- River View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Mulberry Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Osanippa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Acton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Acton is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Cataula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gabbettville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- LaGrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smiths Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smiths Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Smiths Crossroads ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smiths Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smiths Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smiths Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Smiths Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Heard County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Russell 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 Crossroads, 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' (or 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- Smiths Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |