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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 Taylorsville (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 Taylorsville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Taylorsville is primarily located in Bartow County. A portion of Taylorsville extends into Polk 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 Bartow County: Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, Pickens & Polk.

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

  • Bartow County     (The home county of Taylorsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Stilesboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
    • Ligon ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Ligon is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
    • Euharlee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shellman ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Shellman is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
      • Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
    • Kingston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cartersville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Country Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Country Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
    • Rodgers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bartow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bartow is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
    • Emerson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cassville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Buena Vista
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
  • Carroll County
  • Chattooga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Zula ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Zula is located in Chattooga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
    • Taliaferro ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
      • Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Payne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Payne is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Gibson Acres
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gibson Acres is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 631 people
    • Allatoona Pass
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Tyson Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tyson Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 737 people
    • Motes Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
    • Kingridge West
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Kingridge West is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingridge West
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,777 people
    • Breeze Hill Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
    • Woodstock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lebanon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Skyridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
    • Holly Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Waleska
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Acworth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Mars Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Calumet Woods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Logan Trace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Mitchell Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Shiloh West
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Kennesaw
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Macland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Powder Springs Chase
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Powder Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarkdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Villa Rica
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Winston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Douglasville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • White City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • White City is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Ephesus Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Lakeland Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Springwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
    • Windwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
    • Blair Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 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
    • Flowers Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 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
  • Floyd County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Wax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brice
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bass Ferry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
    • Dykes ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dykes is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
    • Silver Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lindale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosemont Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Atlanta Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chiaha ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chiaha is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
    • Rome
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Robealou Acres
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
    • Summerville Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Plainville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Farmville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Sonoraville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Calhoun
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Fairmount
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Haralson County
  • Paulding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Braswell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hanlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hanlin is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
    • Forrister
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Forrister is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
    • Dallas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Country Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • New Hope is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
    • Home Place Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
    • Hiram
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Rose
      (22 miles [35.4 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
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Aragon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockmart
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Seney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Seney is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
    • Grady ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Grady is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
    • Cedartown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Greenway ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Etna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Esom Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherokee County (AL)
  • Cleburne County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylorsville, with the one closest to Taylorsville listed first.
    • Palestine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Borden Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Taylorsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylorsville.

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

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

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

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 Taylorsville had a population of 87 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Taylorsville had a population of 226 people.

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

  • Posco ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Posco is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posco
  • McGinnis ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • McGinnis is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGinnis
  • Stilesboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
    • Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
  • Hamlet ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hamlet is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Ligon ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ligon is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
  • Red Ore ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Ore is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ore
  • Euharlee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockmart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Braswell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Malbone ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Malbone is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malbone
  • Seney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Seney is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
  • Remus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Remus is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remus
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Chulio
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Chulio is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulio
    • Fish Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fish Creek is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
    • Etowah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Etowah is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah

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

Newspapers Published in Taylorsville ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylorsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylorsville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylorsville.

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 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 Taylorsville:

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 Taylorsville, 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- Taylorsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.