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 Sweet Gum (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 Sweet Gum. 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 Sweet Gum ...
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.
Another variation: Sweetgum.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sweet Gum. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sweet Gum.
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 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.
Sweet Gum is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Union, Cherokee (NC) & Polk (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Sweet Gum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sweet Gum:
- Fannin County (The home county of Sweet Gum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Cutcane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Hemp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Mineral Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morganton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pantertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- McCaysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Craytonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Blue Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Epworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fry is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Greens Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Pierceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Cherry Log
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Santaluca is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santaluca
- White Path
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Northcutt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Rolston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Tickanetley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- East Ellijay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellijay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Tails Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tails Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tails Creek
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,248 people
- Lumpkin County
- Willow ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Murray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Cisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tennga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hiawassee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Bethlehem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Canal Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blairsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Choestoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Suches
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Culberson
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Hothouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Postell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Burger Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Vests
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Hiwassee Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Grape Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Ogreeta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Unaka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Brasstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Warne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- McMinn County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Mecca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Etowah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grady
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Monroe County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Coker Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Epperson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Rural Vale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Jacktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Jalapa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Tellico Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Polk County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Belltown Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Copperhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ducktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chanceytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rymers is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Archville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Archville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Servilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Chable ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chable is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Parksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parksville is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Play
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sweet Gum, see our County-by-County Page for Sweet Gum.
Cemeteries Near Sweet Gum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweet Gum.
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 Sweet Gum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sweet Gum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hensley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sweet Gum had a population of 89 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sweet Gum, with the one closest to Sweet Gum listed first.
- Culberson
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Cutcane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Dora ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dora is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Hothouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Letitia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Letitia is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letitia
- Hothouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hothouse is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Mineral Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Wolf Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Morganton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Postell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Kyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kyle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Curtis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Wehutty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wehutty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehutty
- Blue Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sweet Gum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweet Gum.
Newspapers Published in Sweet Gum ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweet Gum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sweet Gum, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sweet Gum.
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 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 Sweet Gum:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gilmer County
- Lumpkin County
- Murray County
- Towns County
- Union County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- McMinn County
- Monroe County
- Polk 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> | 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 Sweet Gum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Sweet Gum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |