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 Terra Cotta (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 Terra Cotta. 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 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 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.
Terra Cotta is located in Bibb 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 Bibb County: Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach & Twiggs.
Below are the counties that are near Terra Cotta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Terra Cotta:
- Bibb County (The home county of Terra Cotta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Macon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rutland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Bloomfield Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Payne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Brookhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Vinson Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Cross Keys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- East Macon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Mogul
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Wheeler Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Walden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Lizella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Coopers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- The Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Hardwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bleckley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Allentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Royal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Bleckley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Knoxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Roberta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lee Pope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Musella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zenith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Elberta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Warner Robins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Bonaire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Kathleen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clinchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Belvedere Manor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Pitts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Mountain Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- James
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Gray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bradley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Fortville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Haddock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Macon County
- Marshallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smarr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Forsyth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Juliette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Culloden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Box Ankle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Echeconnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miami Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Taylors Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Fort Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
- Putnam County
- Resseaus Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Taylor County
- Reynolds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Huber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Dry Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Jeffersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upson County
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Brooks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ivey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Dedrich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- McIntyre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Irwinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Terra Cotta, see our County-by-County Page for Terra Cotta.
Cemeteries Near Terra Cotta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Terra Cotta.
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 Terra Cotta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Terra Cotta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- St.s Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36699 <2>
- Oakridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36624 <2>
- Bloomfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macon Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macon Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- The Macon Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Macon Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35131 <2>
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Haven Memorial Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (378 more) ...
- Camp Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Humphries Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Terra Cotta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Terra Cotta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Terra Cotta, with the one closest to Terra Cotta listed first.
- Rutland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Macon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sofkee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Walden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Reids
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reids is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Avondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Echeconnee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Dry Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Lizella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lorane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Fitzpatrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plentitude ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plentitude is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentitude
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Bolingbroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Terra Cotta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Terra Cotta.
Newspapers Published in Terra Cotta ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Terra Cotta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Terra Cotta, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Terra Cotta.
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 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 Terra Cotta:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bibb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bleckley County
- Crawford County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Macon County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Putnam County
- Taylor County
- Twiggs County
- Upson County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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 Terra Cotta, 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- Terra Cotta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |