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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Towaliga. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Towaliga to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Towaliga, 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 Towaliga (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 Towaliga. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Towaliga is historic, it would have been located within present day Butts 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 Butts County: Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton & Spalding.
Below are the counties that are near Towaliga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Towaliga:
- Butts County (The home county of Towaliga)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fincherville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Lovejoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Jonesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Fox Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Rex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dartmouth Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dartmouth Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,015 people
- Ellenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morrow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Wilkshire Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkshire Estates is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkshire Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,354 people
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Haralson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Senoia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- Musella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Klondike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- East Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Glen is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glen
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,451 people
- Pine Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Woolsey Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Woolsey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Blakely Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Foreston Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Winterthur Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winterthur Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterthur Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,237 people
- Hamptons Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Fayette Villa Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Locust Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blacksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Highland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Whitehouse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,792 people
- Oakwood Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Stockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge North
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
- Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Calvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Calvin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- Estimated population in 2019: 126 people
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shady Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Round Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Round Oak is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak
- Wayside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Milner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Aldora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Meriwether County
- Gay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Box Ankle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Forsyth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juliette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smarr
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Culloden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bolingbroke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Salem Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Salem Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Branch
- Population from the 2010 Census: 310 people
- Newton Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newton Woods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 575 people
- Salem Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Salem Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Village
- Porterdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Covington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mansfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Dixie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Newborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Wood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Essex Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Williamson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zebulon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Meansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Molena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Rockdale County
- Conyers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Experiment
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunny Side
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Esmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- The Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Delray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Hannahs Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Barker Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Towaliga, see our County-by-County Page for Towaliga.
Cemeteries Near Towaliga ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Towaliga.
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 Towaliga - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Towaliga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Head Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Weaver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Foster - Jester - Huddleston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henley - Heflin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Breed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogletree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (463 more) ...
- Settle - Farley Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kimbrough - Hord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.
Towaliga itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Towaliga, with the one closest to Towaliga listed first.
- Elgin ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- High Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Jenkinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blount is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount
- Jackson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Flovilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peeksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peeksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
- Luella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luella is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luella
- Goggins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Cork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cork is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stark is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Griffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cabaniss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cabaniss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabaniss
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Towaliga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Towaliga.
Newspapers Published in Towaliga ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Towaliga.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Towaliga, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Towaliga.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Towaliga:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Butts County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- DeKalb County
- Fayette County
- Henry County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Newton County
- Pike County
- Rockdale County
- Spalding County
- Upson 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 Towaliga, 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' (or 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- Towaliga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |