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 Westbury (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 Westbury. 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 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.
Westbury is located in Oconee 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 Oconee County: Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oglethorpe & Walton.
Below are the counties that are near Westbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westbury:
- Oconee County (The home county of Westbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Watkinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marshall Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Cumberland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Spartan Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Bishop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eastville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Overlook Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- High Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North High Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bogart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Banks County
- Maysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Statham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winder
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carl
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Pine Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Chamberlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Cleveland Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Lexington Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Jefferson Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Winterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- Cromers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Greensboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Union Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 133 people
- Daniel Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
- Siloam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Loganville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dacula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Grayson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Klondike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Candler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Jarrett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Sugar Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Nicholson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Braselton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoschton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pendergrass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Talmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Hull
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Colbert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Planter
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Ila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Comer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Danielsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Carlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Madison Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Bostwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Rutledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckhead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Hub Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- East Wood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Wood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
- Dixie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dixie Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Village
- Essex Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Newborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Mansfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Arnoldsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crawford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stephens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maxeys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Veribest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Putnam County
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Taliaferro County
- Carters Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carters Grove is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 21,760 people
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Campton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Monroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Whitney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Social Circle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Between
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Jersey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Split Silk
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Youth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Walnut Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Wilkes County
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westbury, see our County-by-County Page for Westbury.
Cemeteries Near Westbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westbury.
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 Westbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Klutts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rays Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fullilove - Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sheats - Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bishop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bearden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hardigree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Westbury in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westbury.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westbury, with the one closest to Westbury listed first.
- Watkinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bishop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eastville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- High Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Athens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Bostwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Winterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Clarksboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clarksboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksboro
- Dunlap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westbury.
Newspapers Published in Westbury ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westbury, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westbury.
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 either 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 Westbury:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Oconee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Clarke County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oglethorpe County
- Putnam County
- Taliaferro County
- Walton County
- Wilkes 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 Westbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |