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 Stephens (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 Stephens. 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 Stephens ...
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.
Prior to its current name of Stephens, it was known as Antioch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Stephens. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stephens.
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.
Stephens is located in Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County: Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Madison, Taliaferro & Wilkes.
Below are the counties that are near Stephens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stephens:
- Oglethorpe County (The home county of Stephens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Maxeys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arnoldsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Veribest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Barrow County
- Statham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Winterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Pine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Jefferson Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Cleveland Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Elberton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silk Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Dewy Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goss
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Bowman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Woodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Durham Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Union Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Greensboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Siloam
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Swaggy Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- Comfort ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Comfort is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,085 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Gum Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Nicholson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arcade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Patterson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Hull
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colbert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Comer
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carlton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Danielsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Planter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Ila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Madison Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Buckhead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Bostwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Watkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spartan Lane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Bishop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cumberland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Overlook Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- High Shoals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North High Shoals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Eastville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Bogart
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Putnam County
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Carters Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Springfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Crawfordville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Raytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Good Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Warren County
- Barnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barnett is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tyrone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- New Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Tignall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lundberg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stephens, see our County-by-County Page for Stephens.
Cemeteries Near Stephens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stephens.
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 Stephens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stephens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Maxeys Sunset Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moody Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McWhorter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith - Freeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Finley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bairdstown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Milner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lexington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Trible Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stephens had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stephens, with the one closest to Stephens listed first.
- Maxeys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bairdstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bairdstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Penfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Penfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Woodville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Philomath
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Philomath is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philomath
- Elder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Sandy Cross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Cross is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Dunlap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Union Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Greshamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greshamville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshamville
- Anon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anon is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anon
- Watkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stephens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stephens.
Newspapers Published in Stephens ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stephens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stephens, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stephens.
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 Stephens:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Oglethorpe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Oconee County
- Putnam County
- Taliaferro County
- Walton County
- Warren County
- Wilkes 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- Stephens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Stephens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |