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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Thaxton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Thaxton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Thaxton, please Contact Us.
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 Thaxton (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 Thaxton. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Thaxton is historic, it would have been located within present day Wilkes 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 Wilkes County: Elbert, Lincoln, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Thaxton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thaxton:
- Wilkes County (The home county of Thaxton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Rayle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Tignall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tyrone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lundberg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Winterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Lexington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Elberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silk Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Goss
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Bowman Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Daniel Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Durham Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Jacksonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Woodville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Union Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Greensboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Swaggy Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Gum Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gum Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- Springfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Goshen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lincolnton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Loce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Carlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Comer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Hull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Danielsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- McDuffie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Hamilton Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Watkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Spartan Lane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Palmetto
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crawford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stephens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maxeys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arnoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Carters Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Springfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Crawfordville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Raytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Barnett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barnett is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Cadley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Norwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mesena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Calhoun Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Lowndesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thaxton, see our County-by-County Page for Thaxton.
Cemeteries Near Thaxton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thaxton.
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 Thaxton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thaxton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Sardis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cliffords Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Echols - Eckles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clarks Station Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chafin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hill Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Faust Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wynne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Thaxton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- County Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- The County Line Cemetery has also been known as:
- County Line Baptist Church Cemetery
- Earl Bolton 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.
While we didn't find Thaxton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thaxton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thaxton, with the one closest to Thaxton listed first.
- Anon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anon is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anon
- Bessie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bessie is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
- Lina ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lina is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lina
- Tignall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Philomath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Philomath is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philomath
- Vesta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vesta is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Tyrone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lyneville is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyneville
- Little River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Danburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Danburg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danburg
- Broad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Broad is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Point Peter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Point Peter is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peter
- Sandy Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Cross is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thaxton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thaxton.
Newspapers Published in Thaxton ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thaxton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thaxton, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thaxton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Thaxton:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Wilkes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- McDuffie County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Taliaferro County
- Warren County
- Abbeville County
- McCormick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Thaxton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Thaxton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |