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 Summerville (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 Summerville. 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 Summerville ...
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 Summerville: W. Summerville
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 and hospitals 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.
West Summerville is located in Chattooga 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 Chattooga County: Cherokee (AL), DeKalb (AL), Floyd & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near West Summerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Summerville:
- Chattooga County (The home county of West Summerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Berryton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Pennville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyerly
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Menlo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Cloudland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chattoogaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Zula ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Adairsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Catoosa County
- Blue Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Spring is located in Catoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spring
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Rising Fawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Floyd Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Floyd Springs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Springs
- Armuchee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Coosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oreburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Glenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Mount Berry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Robealou Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Rome
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shannon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Plainville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sugar Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hill City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Calhoun Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Damascus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Resaca Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Resaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Soapstick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Farmville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Polk County
- Seney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Martindale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Bronco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- LaFayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Kensington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Villanow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Villanow is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanow
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,058 people
- Cassandra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Rock Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Chickamauga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Whitfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Gordon Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
- Trickum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trickum is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickum
- Crow ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crow is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Crown Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Mill Village is located in Whitfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Mill Village
- Dalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Face
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Berry Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Berry Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Springs
- Grover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grover is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- New Moon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Broomtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Ringgold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Blanche
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blanche is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Gaylesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Taft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taft is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Lawrence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Bankhead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
- Alpine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Mentone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Head
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cordell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cordell is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
- Hammondville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Kaolin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Adamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Lickskillet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Douglas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Douglas is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Fort Payne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Beaty Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Central
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Higdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eliza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Summerville, see our County-by-County Page for West Summerville.
Cemeteries Near West Summerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Summerville.
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 Summerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Summerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Berryton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summerville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gamble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Green Church Memorial Monument
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenhill Memory Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyerly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pennville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pennville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Pennville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2213995 <2>
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Algood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hemphill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (451 more) ...
- Trion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Menlo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find West Summerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Summerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Summerville, with the one closest to West Summerville listed first.
- Summerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lyerly
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gore
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gore is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Trion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chelsea is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Silver Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Hill is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Menlo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tidings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tidings is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidings
- Kartah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kartah is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kartah
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chesterfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chesterfield is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Fouche
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fouche is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouche
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Summerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Summerville.
Newspapers Published in West Summerville ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Summerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Summerville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Summerville.
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 West Summerville:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Chattooga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Catoosa County
- Dade County
- Floyd County
- Gordon County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson 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 Summerville, 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- West Summerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |