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 Victory (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 Victory. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Victory is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Cleburne (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard & Paulding.
Below are the counties that are near Victory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Victory:
- Carroll County (The home county of Victory)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Jonesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Bowdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Roopville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lowell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Jake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdon Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Whitesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Temple
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Sargent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Grantville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moreland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Hannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Tyree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- Villa Rica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Winston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Springwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Windwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Chattahoochee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Rivertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Carlton Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carlton Woods is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 260 people
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Budapest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Buchanan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Felton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Ephesus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Yates Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Centralhatchee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Graysons Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Brays Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Hogansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Sunny Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Iron City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Choccolocco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Choccolocco is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choccolocco
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Doublehead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Clay County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Delta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barfield is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Haynes Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Ranburne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hightower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ai
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Muscadine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Micaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Edwardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Heflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Oak Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Abel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Grantley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Morrison Crossroad
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Rockdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Corbin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- High Shoals
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Milner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milner is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Wedowee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Rock Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Victory, see our County-by-County Page for Victory.
Cemeteries Near Victory ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Victory.
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 Victory - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Victory covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Acres Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tyus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- The Bethesda Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
- Bethesda MB Church Cemetery
- Lees Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowdon City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Town Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowdon Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- First Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Midway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Victory had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Victory, with the one closest to Victory listed first.
- Joel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Mabry ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mabry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabry
- Bowdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Roopville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockalo is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockalo
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Glenloch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenloch is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenloch
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mandeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Hightower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Lofty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lofty is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Victory. See our List of 1890's Communities around Victory.
Newspapers Published in Victory ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Victory.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Victory, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Victory.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Victory:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Fulton County
- Haralson County
- Heard County
- Troup County
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Randolph 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 Victory, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Victory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |