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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sophia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sophia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sophia, please Contact Us.
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 Sophia (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 Sophia. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sophia is historic, it would have been located within present day Bartow 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 Bartow County: Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Sophia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sophia:
- Bartow County (The home county of Sophia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Rydal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- McCallie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- White
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Interchange Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Country Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Funkhouser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Adairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rodgers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Corbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Chattooga County
- Zula ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Salacoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salacoa is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salacoa
- Estimated population in 2019: 344 people
- Waleska
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Payne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Allatoona Pass
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Pass
- Worley Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley Crossroads
- Gibson Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
- Holly Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tyson Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Motes Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
- Breeze Hill Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
- Kingridge West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Acworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Logan Trace
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Mars Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Calumet Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
- Shiloh West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Kennesaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Cobb Place Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Holly Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Macland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Macland is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macland
- Marietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Bass Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Hermitage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Shannon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Wax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Floyd Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Glenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Rome
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summerville Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Armuchee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Berry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosemont Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Litchfield Hundred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Mountain Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Whitestone
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Tails Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Yukon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Sonoraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Farmville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Ranger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Oakman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Buff ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Buff is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
- Soapstick
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Damascus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Carters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Wells ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wells is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Ball Ground
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ball Ground is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Ground
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Braswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Country Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- Forrister
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Hanlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hiram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Jerusalem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Ludville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
- Talmadge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Cagle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Talking Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marble Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Big Canoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Aragon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Rockmart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Villanow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sophia, see our County-by-County Page for Sophia.
Cemeteries Near Sophia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sophia.
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 Sophia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sophia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Dewey Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stovall Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denman Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lewis - Linn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Olive Vine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Towe Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bartow Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Aubrey Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (492 more) ...
- Stephenson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woffords Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barton Family 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.
While we didn't find Sophia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sophia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sophia, with the one closest to Sophia listed first.
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gum Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Grassdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grassdale is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
- White
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Cassville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Halls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Halls is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Rodgers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
- Sonoraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Adairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farmville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Corbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sophia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sophia.
Newspapers Published in Sophia ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sophia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sophia, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sophia.
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 websites either 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 Sophia:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bartow County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Floyd County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Murray County
- Paulding County
- Pickens County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sophia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Sophia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |