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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 Suwanee (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 Suwanee. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Suwanee is located in Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County: Barrow, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall, Rockdale & Walton.

Below are the counties that are near Suwanee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Suwanee:

  • Gwinnett County     (The home county of Suwanee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.
    • Sugar Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Village is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
    • Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Duluth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Buford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rest Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Regency Woods
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Lawrenceville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethesda
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Bethesda is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
      • Estimated population in 2019: 725 people
    • Berkeley Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Broxton Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Broxton Woods is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broxton Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,196 people
    • Berkeley Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Berkeley Hills is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,147 people
  • Barrow County
  • Cherokee County
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.
    • Chattahoochee Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Chattahoochee Heights is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Heights
      • Estimated population in 2018: 3,207 people
    • Sturbridge Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
    • Mount Bethel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Holly Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
    • Vinings
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Noonday
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Cobb Place Manor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
    • Smyrna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Fair Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
    • Marietta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Brookside Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brookside Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
  • Dawson County
  • DeKalb County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.
    • Cumming
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Chestatee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Silver City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Fulton County
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.
    • Gay Lan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gay Lan is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
      • Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
    • Gaines Ferry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
    • Woodbridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodbridge is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
    • Flowery Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackshear Place
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
    • Oakwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Absalom ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Candler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Candler is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
    • Klondike
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Klondike is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
    • Summer Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Summer Point is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
      • Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
    • Westside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Westside is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
  • Jackson County
  • Lumpkin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.
    • New Bridge ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
    • Auraria ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Pickens County
  • Rockdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.
    • Zingara
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
    • Milstead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
      • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
    • Conyers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Walton County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Suwanee, see our County-by-County Page for Suwanee.

Cemeteries Near Suwanee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Suwanee.

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 Suwanee - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Suwanee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.

  • Suwanee Community Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Old Suwanee Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Douglass Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Brandon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lockridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Herrington Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Connolly Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kemp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Strickland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dean Road Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Young Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Teague Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (501 more) ...
    • Rogers Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Duluth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodwin 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Suwanee had a population of 166 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Suwanee had a population of 21,803 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Suwanee, with the one closest to Suwanee listed first.

  • Duluth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Buford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Warsaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Warsaw is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
  • Lawrenceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Creek is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Sweet Water
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sweet Water is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
  • Ocee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Norcross
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkshire ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Berkshire is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
    • Estimated population in 2019: 554 people
  • Cumming
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Grapevine ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Grapevine is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Webb
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Webb is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Suwanee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Suwanee.

Newspapers Published in Suwanee ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Suwanee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Suwanee, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Suwanee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Suwanee:

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 Suwanee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Suwanee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.