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 Wood (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 Wood. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Wood 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 Wood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Wood:
- Troup County (The home county of West Wood)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Rockwell Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- West Lake Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- LaGrange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sassafrass Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Abbottsford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Sunny Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Pioneer Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- North West Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Evansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Carroll County
- Bowers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Grantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Pine Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Houston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Glenn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Corinth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Frolona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Lone Oak
(20 miles [32.2 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Luthersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Rocky Mount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Betts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Manchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carrolls
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Fortson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- 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 Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Standing Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Lanett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Plant City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Eady City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Huguley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- River View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Five Points
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Stroud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Osanippa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Blanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Rock Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Peavy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- West
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Forester Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wadley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Frog Eye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Dudleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Truett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Wood, see our County-by-County Page for West Wood.
Cemeteries Near West Wood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Wood.
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 Wood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Wood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Loyd Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tatum Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Long Cane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fannin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Traylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linebarker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (483 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hill View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Cemetery
- The Hill View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillview East Cemetery
- Shadowlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Wood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Wood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Wood, with the one closest to West Wood listed first.
- Long Cane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Gabbettville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- LaGrange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Evansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Whitfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Houston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Finley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Whitesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Wisdoms Store ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wisdoms Store is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdoms Store
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Wood. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Wood.
Newspapers Published in West Wood ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Wood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Wood, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Wood.
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 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 Wood:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa 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 Wood, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Wood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |