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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Troup Factory. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Troup Factory to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Troup Factory, 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 Troup Factory (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 Troup Factory. 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 doctors and 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 Troup Factory is historic, it would have been located within present day Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Troup Factory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Troup Factory:
- Troup County (The home county of Troup Factory)
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Mountville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- LaGrange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Louise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Rockwell Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Asta Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- West Lake Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Brays Lakeview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- North West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Grantville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Smith City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Smokey Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Pine Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waverly Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Warm Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Lone Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Manchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Betts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Carrolls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Luthersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Fortson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Upatoi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Concord
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hilltop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Flint Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Barker Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Eady City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- River View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Lanett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Huguley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Cusseta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Blanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Smith's Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Rock Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Troup Factory, see our County-by-County Page for Troup Factory.
Cemeteries Near Troup Factory ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Troup Factory.
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 Troup Factory - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Troup Factory covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hamby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sledge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glanton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (475 more) ...
- Hardy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ogletree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Webb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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.
Troup Factory itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Troup Factory, with the one closest to Troup Factory listed first.
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Mountville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Harris City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Long Cane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Gabbettville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Marks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Warm Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- River View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Troup Factory. See our List of 1890's Communities around Troup Factory.
Newspapers Published in Troup Factory ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Troup Factory.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Troup Factory, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Troup Factory.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Troup Factory:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph 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 Troup Factory, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Troup Factory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |