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 West Bremen (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 West Bremen. 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 West Bremen ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Bremen: W. Bremen
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 southeast 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 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.
West Bremen is located in Haralson 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 Haralson County: Cleburne (AL), Carroll, Paulding & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near West Bremen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Bremen:
- Haralson County (The home county of West Bremen)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Bremen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Buchanan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tabernacle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Budapest
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Tallapoosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Felton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Taylorsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stilesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Euharlee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Temple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowdon Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jake is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake
- Estimated population in 2019: 146 people
- Driskolls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Driskolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driskolls
- Hart Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hart Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Town
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,437 people
- Carrollton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn Estates is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Jonesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Bowdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Powder Springs Chase
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
- Powder Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Austell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clarkdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Macland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Macland is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macland
- Coweta County
- Sargent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Villa Rica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ephesus Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ephesus Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 461 people
- Winston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tyree
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tyree is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyree
- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Hannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hannah is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Douglasville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Springwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Springwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Windwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Windwood Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windwood Village
- Lakeland Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeland Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,282 people
- Blair Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blair Heights is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 643 people
- Flowers Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Flowers Estates is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,325 people
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Brice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Wax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Cave Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Rico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rico is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
- Estimated population in 2019: 88 people
- Rivertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rivertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivertown
- Chattahoochee Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Creek Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corn Creek Cove is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Creek Cove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,683 people
- South Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Fulton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Ephesus
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Centralhatchee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Yates Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Frolona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Home Place Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Hanlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Braswell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Dallas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forrister
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Indian Rose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
- Country Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- Hiram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Grady ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Cedartown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rockmart
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aragon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Seney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Dailey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Piedmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Nances Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Tecumseh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Rock Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Spring Garden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Exie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Muscadine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Hopewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Fruithurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Ai
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ai is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Ranburne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Hightower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Edwardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Borden Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Grantley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Heflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Graham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Sewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Newell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Morrison Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Crossroad is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Crossroad
- Woodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Bremen, see our County-by-County Page for West Bremen.
Cemeteries Near West Bremen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Bremen.
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 West Bremen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Bremen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Poseyville UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Posey Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Haralson Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- The Union Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
- Old Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Welcome Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Estavanko Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Waco Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buchanan City 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 West Bremen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Bremen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Bremen, with the one closest to West Bremen listed first.
- Bremen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Waco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Temple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mandeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Draketown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Draketown is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Mount Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tallapoosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Plowshare ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plowshare is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowshare
- Shady Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Felton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hooper is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Dugdown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dugdown is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugdown
- Burwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Burwell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
- Carrollton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Bremen. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Bremen.
Newspapers Published in West Bremen ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Bremen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Bremen, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Bremen.
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 helpful 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 West Bremen:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Haralson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Carroll County
- Cobb County
- Coweta County
- Douglas County
- Floyd County
- Fulton County
- Heard County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee 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> | 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 West Bremen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- West Bremen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |