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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Weaver. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Weaver to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Weaver, please Contact Us.
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 (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. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Weaver is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Weaver. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weaver:
- Pike County (The home county of Weaver)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Zebulon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hilltop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Molena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Butts County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Jenkinsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fincherville is located in Butts County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincherville
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Lovejoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bonanza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bonanza is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Irondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Irondale is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Clayton Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
- Jonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Riverdale Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Haralson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Senoia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Moreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- Musella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Brooks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey Woods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Woolsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Keyland Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- Harp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Hamptons Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- McIntosh Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Fayetteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blakely Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
- Peachtree City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris County
- Shiloh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blacksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blacksville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- McDonough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
- Tunis ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
- Highland Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Highland Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stockbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Milner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aldora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Carrolls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Woodbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Betts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Rocky Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Chalybeate Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Greenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Luthersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Box Ankle
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Culloden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forsyth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Russellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Smarr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Juliette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bolingbroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Esmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Experiment
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Belleview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Flint Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Carsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Delray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- The Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Barker Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weaver, see our County-by-County Page for Weaver.
Cemeteries Near Weaver ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weaver.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weaver covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Nazareth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Reid Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zebulon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sikes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Zebulon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35793 <4>
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (479 more) ...
- D F Greene Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kendrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.
Weaver itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weaver, with the one closest to Weaver listed first.
- Zebulon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jolly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rover is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Beeks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beeks is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- The Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zetella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zetella is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hollonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollonville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollonville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Neal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Goggins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Experiment
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weaver. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weaver.
Newspapers Published in Weaver ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weaver.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weaver, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weaver.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Weaver:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butts County
- Clayton County
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Upson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Weaver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |