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 Sprite (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 Sprite. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Sprite is located in Chattooga 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 Chattooga County: Cherokee (AL), DeKalb (AL), Floyd & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Sprite. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sprite:
- Chattooga County (The home county of Sprite)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Menlo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cloudland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Zula ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Trion
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Adairsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Euharlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Country Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Stilesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Coosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oreburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Robealou Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Glenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mount Berry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Cave Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Atlanta Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rome
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Armuchee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Plainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Haralson County
- Felton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Cedartown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockmart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Martindale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- LaFayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Dailey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Broomtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Lawrence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Gaylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ringgold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Grover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- New Moon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Adamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Lickskillet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Sigsbee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Dog Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Bankhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Douglas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mentone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Head
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Etowah County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Ballplay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Banner is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Coato Bend ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coato Bend is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coato Bend
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sprite, see our County-by-County Page for Sprite.
Cemeteries Near Sprite ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sprite.
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 Sprite - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sprite covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clemones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- The Macedonia Cemetery has also been known as:
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35117 <2>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Padlock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (445 more) ...
- Hardman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Sprite in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sprite.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sprite, with the one closest to Sprite listed first.
- Early ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Early is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
- Mount Hope ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Coosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lavender
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lavender is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Chattoogaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Livingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Oreburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Fullerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fullerton is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- Farill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farill is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farill
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fouche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fouche is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouche
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sprite. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sprite.
Newspapers Published in Sprite ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sprite.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sprite, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sprite.
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 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 Sprite:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Chattooga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah 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> | 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. |
| <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 Sprite, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sprite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |