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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 Unadilla (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 Unadilla. 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.

Unadilla is located in Dooly 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 Dooly County: Crisp, Houston, Macon, Pulaski, Sumter & Wilcox.

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

  • Dooly County     (The home county of Unadilla)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Pinehurst
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Byromville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lilly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dooling
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Vienna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Cochran
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Royal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Lee Pope
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
    • Zenith
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Zenith is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Lamb Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • Cordele
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • McKenzie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Milldale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Milldale is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
      • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
    • Arabi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Dodge County
    • Empire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Houston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Elko
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Clinchfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Perry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Perry is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Kathleen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodard Estates
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
    • Bonaire
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Stathams Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
    • Centerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Warner Robins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Elberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Elberta is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Montezuma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Marshallville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Oglethorpe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Ideal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Peach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Miami Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Miami Valley is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
    • Washington Square
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Square is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
    • Lakeview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lakeview is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Fort Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylors Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
    • Byron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Echeconnee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Echeconnee is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Hawkinsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Finleyson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Schley County
    • La Crosse
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • La Crosse is located in Schley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Danville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Danville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
    • Andersonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Former name for Andersonville:
      • Anderson
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <1>
    • Cobb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • De Soto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Leslie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Taylor County
    • Reynolds
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Unadilla, with the one closest to Unadilla listed first.
    • Pineview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Seville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Pitts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rochelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Unadilla ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Unadilla.

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

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

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

  • Walnut Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Middlebrooks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Snow Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Smyrna Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lester Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lester Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Elko.
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinehurst City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Poplar Spring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (238 more) ...
    • Elko Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Oakland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rock Spring Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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 in 1895, Unadilla had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Unadilla had a population of 3,492 people.

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

  • Pinehurst
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Elko
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Henderson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Henderson is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Findlay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Findlay is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findlay
  • Grovania
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Grovania is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
  • Byromville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hayneville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hayneville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayneville
  • Dooling
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dooling is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Vienna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Tippettville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tippettville is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippettville
  • Perry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Perry is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
  • Richwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Richwood is located in Dooly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hawkinsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Kathleen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Winchester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Winchester is located in Macon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Unadilla ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Unadilla.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Unadilla. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Unadilla and those printed in the larger area surrounding Unadilla.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<2> of Unadilla.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Unadilla:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Unadilla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Unadilla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.