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 Warsaw (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 Warsaw. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Warsaw is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth & Gwinnett.
Below are the counties that are near Warsaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Warsaw:
- Fulton County (The home county of Warsaw)
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Johns Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ocee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Preston Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Lake Union Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Alpharetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Roswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield Hundred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Mountain Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Montwicke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montwicke is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke
- Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Winder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Indian Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Allatoona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allatoona is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Hardman Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
- Colemans Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
- Free Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Hickory Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Orange
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Skyridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Skyridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 273 people
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buffington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Harmony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Holly Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Breeze Hill Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Conley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ellenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Coxs Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coxs Crossing is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxs Crossing
- Forest Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Chattahoochee Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chattahoochee Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 3,207 people
- Sturbridge Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Mount Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Bethel is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bethel
- Holly Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Vinings
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Place Manor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Noonday
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Smyrna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fair Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brookside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
- Kennesaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Barrettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Lumpkin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Dawsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Peachtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Doraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunwoody West
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
- Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
- Dunwoody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chamblee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Woods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,265 people
- Tucker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Northwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Northwoods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Montreal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Montreal is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- Brookhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- North Atlanta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta
- Clarkston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Cumming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chestatee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Duluth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Berkeley Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peachtree Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Berkeley Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,147 people
- Norcross
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmside Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmside Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside Village
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suwanee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Danbury Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Danbury Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury Village
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Estimated population in 2019: 554 people
- Regency Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Regency Woods is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Bethesda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Estimated population in 2019: 725 people
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Gay Lan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gay Lan is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
- Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
- Gaines Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
- Woodbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbridge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Flowery Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Blackshear Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- Summer Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Candler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Klondike
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Westside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westside is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Braselton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hoschton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Talmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pendergrass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Nelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Rockdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Zingara
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zingara is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zingara
- Lakeview Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Estates is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Estates
- Conyers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Milstead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milstead is located in Rockdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
- Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Split Silk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Youth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Between
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Nicholasville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Walnut Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Campton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Jersey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Warsaw, see our County-by-County Page for Warsaw.
Cemeteries Near Warsaw ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Warsaw.
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 Warsaw - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Warsaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Warsaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Duluth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Goodwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Singleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strickland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kemp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Big Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greer - Bowen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (552 more) ...
- Edison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winters Chapel UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Warsaw had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Warsaw, with the one closest to Warsaw listed first.
- Duluth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ocee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Norcross
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Big Creek is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Webb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Webb is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Suwanee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alpharetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doraville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Estimated population in 2019: 554 people
- Dunwoody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Water
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Water is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Chamblee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Yellow River ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow River is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow River
- Hammond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Lawrenceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Warsaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Warsaw.
Newspapers Published in Warsaw ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Warsaw.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Warsaw, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Warsaw.
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 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 Warsaw:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barrow County
- Bartow County
- Cherokee County
- Clayton County
- Cobb County
- Dawson County
- DeKalb County
- Forsyth County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Pickens County
- Rockdale County
- Walton 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> | 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. |
| <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 Warsaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Warsaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |