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 Sunset Hills (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 Sunset Hills. 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 and hospitals 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.
Sunset Hills is located in Paulding 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 Paulding County : Bartow , Carroll , Cobb , Douglas , Haralson & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Sunset Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunset Hills:
Paulding County (The home county of Sunset Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Dallas (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Country Acres (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Country Acres is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
New Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
New Hope is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
Forrister (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Forrister is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
Hiram (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Home Place Acres (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
Indian Rose (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Indian Rose is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
Hanlin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Hanlin is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
Braswell (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Braswell is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
Bartow County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Allatoona (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Allatoona is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Bartow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Bartow is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow Indian Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Indian Village is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Stilesboro (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Stilesboro is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
Emerson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Shellman ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Shellman is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
Taylorsville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Cartersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Euharlee (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Rodgers (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Rodgers is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Buena Vista (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Buena Vista is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
Ligon ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Ligon is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
Corbin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Corbin is located in Bartow County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
Carroll County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Hart Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Hart Town is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
Driskolls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Driskolls is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls Temple (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Bowdon Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Carrollton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Whitesburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Mount Zion (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Fairlawn Estates (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
Jake (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Jake is located in Carroll County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
Cherokee County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Gibson Acres (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
Payne (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Payne is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Motes Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
Tyson Estates (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
Allatoona Pass (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Allatoona Pass is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona Pass Kingridge West (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
Skyridge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Skyridge is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
Woodstock (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Breeze Hill Estates (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
Lebanon (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Colemans Landing (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing Holly Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hardman Place (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
Clayton County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Normandy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Normandy is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Estimated population in 2019: 962 people
Coxs Crossing (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Coxs Crossing is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Crossing Kings Forest (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Kings Forest is located in Clayton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest Estimated population in 2019: 17,949 people
Cobb County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Powder Springs Chase (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
Macland (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Macland is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macland Powder Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Mars Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Mars Hill is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Clarkdale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Calumet Woods (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
Kennesaw Acres (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
Shiloh West (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Shiloh West is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
Blue Ridge Manor (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Blue Ridge Manor is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Manor Estimated population in 2019: 1,461 people
Acworth (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Austell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Kennesaw (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Furniture City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Furniture City is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniture City DeKalb County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Dunwoody West (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
Brookhaven (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven Dunwoody (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
La Vista (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
La Vista is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
North Atlanta (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta Druid Hills (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Turner Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Turner Village is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Village Chamblee (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Emory (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Emory is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Population from the 2010 Census: 393 people
North Druid Hills (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
North Druid Hills is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Druid Hills Northwoods (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Northwoods is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods Peachtree (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Peachtree is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree East Atlanta (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
East Atlanta is located in DeKalb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Atlanta Douglas County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Douglasville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Lakeland Hills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
Lithia Springs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
White City (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
White City is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Winston (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Springwood Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Springwood Village is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village Windwood Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Windwood Village is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village Ephesus Heights (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
Blair Heights (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Blair Heights is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
Villa Rica (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Flowers Estates (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
Tyree (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Tyree is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree Hannah (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Hannah is located in Douglas County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah Floyd County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Brice (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Brice is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice Wax (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Wax is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax Bass Ferry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry Dykes ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Dykes is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Silver Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lindale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Atlanta Junction (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction Rosemont Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Rivertown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Rivertown is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown South Fulton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
South Fulton is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton Corn Creek Cove (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
Tell (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Tell is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tell Pontevedra (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Pontevedra is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
Montwicke (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Montwicke is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
Rico (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Rico is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
Sandy Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Adams Park (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Adams Park is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Park Brookwood (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Brookwood is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookwood Buckhead (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Buckhead is located in Fulton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Chattahoochee Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Fort McPherson (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Haralson County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Morgan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Morgan is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Bremen (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Buchanan (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Felton (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Tabernacle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Tabernacle is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Waco (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Budapest (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Budapest is located in Haralson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest Tallapoosa (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Rockmart (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Aragon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Seney (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Seney is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
Grady ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Grady is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
Cedartown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunset Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Sunset Hills .
Cemeteries Near Sunset Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunset Hills.
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 Sunset Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunset Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
New Canaan Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Paulding Memorial Gardens (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Tabor Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Dallas Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Cochran Ridge Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Flint Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
New Harmony Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Poplar Springs Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Vernon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
New Hope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Gann Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Continue List (598 more) ...
Moon Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Mt. Vernon Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Antioch Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Sunset Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunset Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunset Hills, with the one closest to Sunset Hills listed first.
Dallas (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hiram (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
New Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
New Hope is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
Nebo (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Nebo is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Etta ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Etta is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta Pumpkin (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Pumpkin is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Rollins (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Rollins is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Lost Mountain (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain Story ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Story is located in Cobb County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story Roxana (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Roxana is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana Remus (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Remus is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remus McPherson (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
McPherson is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson Continue List (18 more) ...
Powder Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Brownsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Brownsville is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville Crowville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Crowville is located in Paulding County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunset Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunset Hills .
Newspapers Published in Sunset Hills ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunset Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunset Hills, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Sunset Hills.
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 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 Sunset Hills:
Websites specific to Georgia Pages specific to Paulding County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bartow County Carroll County Cherokee County Clayton County Cobb County DeKalb County Douglas County Floyd County Fulton County Haralson County Polk County Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunset Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Paulding County: https://paulding.gov/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sunset Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Sunset Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.