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 Vesta (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 Vesta. 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.
Vesta is located in Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County: Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Madison, Taliaferro & Wilkes.
Below are the counties that are near Vesta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vesta:
- Oglethorpe County (The home county of Vesta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Palmetto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stephens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnoldsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Maxeys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Winterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Jefferson Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Pine Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Elberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Silk Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Goss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Bowman Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Royston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cromers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Daniel Springs
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Union Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Flat Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dooleys Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Bowersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- Nicholson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lincolnton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Loce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Carlton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Comer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Patterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Dalton
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Hull
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Madison Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Ila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Planter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Spartan Lane
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Watkinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshall Estates
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Overlook Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Carters Grove
(18 miles [29 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Crawfordville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Raytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Tignall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Lundberg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Calhoun Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Lowndesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Lake Secession
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Iva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Holland Store
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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 Vesta, see our County-by-County Page for Vesta.
Cemeteries Near Vesta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vesta.
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 Vesta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vesta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Earl Bolton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bridges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Faust Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hobbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCannon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Watkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hill Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tiller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Station Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Cunningham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Noell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chafin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Vesta had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vesta, with the one closest to Vesta listed first.
- Point Peter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Point Peter is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peter
- Anon ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Anon is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anon
- Sandy Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sandy Cross is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Oglesby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oglesby is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
- Carlton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nickville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nickville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickville
- Elberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bessie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bessie is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
- Tignall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paoli
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paoli is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Crawford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Broad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Broad is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad
- Dyson ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dyson is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyson
- Stansell ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stansell is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vesta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vesta.
Newspapers Published in Vesta ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vesta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vesta, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vesta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Vesta:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Oglethorpe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Hart County
- Jackson County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oconee County
- Taliaferro County
- Wilkes County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- McCormick 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> | 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 Vesta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vesta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |