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 Wind (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 Wind. 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 Wind ...
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 West Wind: W. Wind
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Wind. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Wind.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Wind is located in Troup 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 Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near West Wind. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Wind:
- Troup County (The home county of West Wind)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Sassafrass Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Whitfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Louise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Brays Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- LaGrange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Graysons Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Hogansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Roopville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Grantville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- East Newnan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Haralson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jade Lake Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Senoia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Mountainbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Pine Mountain Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Glenn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Centralhatchee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Frolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Yates Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Luthersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Rocky Mount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Warm Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Betts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Carrolls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Woodbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Lanett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Plant City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Eady City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Five Points
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Huguley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Doublehead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- River View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Rock Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- High Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Roanoke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Peavy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Sewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Corbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Forester Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Wind, see our County-by-County Page for West Wind.
Cemeteries Near West Wind ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Wind.
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 Wind - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Wind covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shilolt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shadowlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hill View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Cemetery
- The Hill View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillview East Cemetery
- Moody Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reid Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (528 more) ...
- Newsom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Emmaus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find West Wind in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Wind.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Wind, with the one closest to West Wind listed first.
- Whitfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Owensbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Mountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Cooksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Long Cane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Saint Marks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glenn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gabbettville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Wind. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Wind.
Newspapers Published in West Wind ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Wind.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Wind, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Wind.
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 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 Wind:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee 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> | 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 Wind, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Wind) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |