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 Weaver Heights (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 Weaver Heights. 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.
Name Variations for Weaver Heights ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Weaver Heights: Weaver Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Weaver Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Weaver Heights.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Weaver Heights is located in Bibb 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 Bibb County: Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach & Twiggs.
Below are the counties that are near Weaver Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weaver Heights:
- Bibb County (The home county of Weaver Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Mogul
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mogul is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
- Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
- Cross Keys
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- East Macon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Macon is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
- Wheeler Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
- Macon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Payne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Payne is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Bloomfield Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
- Brookhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
- Rutland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Vinson Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Walden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Lizella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Point is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Brown's Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown's Crossing is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown's Crossing
- Coopers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Coopers is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- The Colony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Colony is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
- Hardwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Meriwether
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Black Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Bleckley County
- Allentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Knoxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Musella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roberta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lee Pope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
- Zenith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zenith is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Elberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elberta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Warner Robins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
- Bonaire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
- Kathleen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Hillsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Belvedere Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
- Jones Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jones Acres is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Pitts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pitts is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
- Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
- Mountain Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Morton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Gray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bradley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Wayside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Fortville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fortville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
- Haddock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Bolingbroke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Smarr
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Juliette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Box Ankle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Culloden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Peach County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Echeconnee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Echeconnee is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Miami Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miami Valley is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
- Taylors Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
- Fort Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Square is located in Peach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Resseaus Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Resseaus Crossroads is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resseaus Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 63 people
- Dennis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Hallwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hallwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallwood
- Twiggs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Dry Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Huber is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marion is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Jeffersonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Brooks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brooks is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ivey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
- Dedrich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
- McIntyre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Irwinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Toomsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weaver Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Weaver Heights.
Cemeteries Near Weaver Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weaver Heights.
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 Weaver Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weaver Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Camp Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Middle Georgia Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wincey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36699 <2>
- Henderson Stripling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stiles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Macon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36624 <2>
- Oakridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (364 more) ...
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Black - Griswold Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Humphries Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Weaver Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weaver Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weaver Heights, with the one closest to Weaver Heights listed first.
- Macon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Griswoldville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Griswoldville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Dry Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plentitude ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plentitude is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plentitude
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Morton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Former name for Clinton:
- Albany
- Rutland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
- Sofkee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sofkee is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee
- Reids
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Reids is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
- Lewiston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lewiston is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Gray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fitzpatrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Twiggs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Walden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walden is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
- Avondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Avondale is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weaver Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weaver Heights.
Newspapers Published in Weaver Heights ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weaver Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weaver Heights, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weaver Heights.
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 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 Weaver Heights:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Bibb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Bleckley County
- Crawford County
- Houston County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Monroe County
- Peach County
- Putnam County
- Twiggs County
- Wilkinson 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 Weaver Heights, 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 from Point A (ie- Weaver Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |