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 Star Mills (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 Star Mills. 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 Star Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Star Mills: Star Mls. (or less commonly used: Star Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Star Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Star Mills.
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 and doctors 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.
Star Mills 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 Star Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Star Mills:
- Monroe County (The home county of Star Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Forsyth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smarr
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Juliette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bolingbroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Culloden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Lizella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Brookhaven
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bloomfield Park
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vinson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Cross Keys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Mogul
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Rutland
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Flovilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jenkinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fincherville
(26 miles [41.8 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 Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Musella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Knoxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roberta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lee Pope
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Henry County
- Locust Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elberta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Round Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Wayside
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Gray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Belvedere Manor
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Jones Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Pitts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Fortville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- James
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Ethridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ethridge is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethridge
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Goggins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Aldora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Milner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Echeconnee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Taylors Mill
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Meansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zebulon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williamson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hilltop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Putnam County
- Resseaus Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 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 Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Griffin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Experiment
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Sunny Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills 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 Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Dry Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huber
(30 miles [48.3 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 Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Delray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Hannahs Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Sunset Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Barker Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Star Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Star Mills.
Cemeteries Near Star Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Star Mills.
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 Star Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Star Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Smith Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forsyth City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zellner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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.
- Little Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chambliss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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.
- Maynard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Garden of Prayer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McCowen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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.
- Continue List (424 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Owen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Star Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Star Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Star Mills, with the one closest to Star Mills listed first.
- Forsyth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Maynard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maynard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Collier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Collier is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collier
- Brent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brent is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Bolingbroke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juliette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Bamah ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bamah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamah
- Cabaniss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
- Goggins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Strouds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strouds is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strouds
- Blount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blount is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lorane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lorane is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Dames Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dames Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dames Ferry
- Montpelier ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Montpelier is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Star Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Star Mills.
Newspapers Published in Star Mills ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Star Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Star Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Star Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Star Mills:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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
- 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Star Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Star Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |