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 Waresville (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 Waresville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Waresville is located in Heard 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 Heard County: Randolph (AL), Carroll, Coweta & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Waresville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waresville:
- Heard County (The home county of Waresville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- O'Neals Crossroad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frolona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Roosterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Centralhatchee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Corinth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Roopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Bowers Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Lowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bowdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jonesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Fairlawn Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Carrollton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Bowdon Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Grantville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Sargent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Smith City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Harris County
- Pine Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Lone Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Graysons Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sunny Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Sassafrass Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- West Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Brays Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Asta Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Rockwell Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- LaGrange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hogansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Doublehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Stroud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Clackville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Fredonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Red Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Abanda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- Milltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Chapel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clay County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Cragford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Motley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Motley is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barfield is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Mellow Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Ranburne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hightower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Micaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Micaville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micaville
- Hopewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hollis Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Rock Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- High Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Roanoke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Sewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Corbin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Wedowee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Graham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Forester Chapel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Truett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Frog Eye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Daviston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emuckfaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Dudleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waresville, see our County-by-County Page for Waresville.
Cemeteries Near Waresville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waresville.
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 Waresville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waresville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pittman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rooks - Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Almon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Waresville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waresville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waresville, with the one closest to Waresville listed first.
- Texas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Texas is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Wehadkee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wehadkee is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehadkee
- Rock Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- High Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Frolona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Omaha is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Potash
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Potash is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waldrep
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waldrep is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrep
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Roanoke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owensbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Simpson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waresville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waresville.
Newspapers Published in Waresville ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waresville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waresville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waresville.
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 Waresville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Heard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Meriwether County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Waresville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Waresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |