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 White City (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 White City. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
White City is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Bartow, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near White City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White City:
- Cherokee County (The home county of White City)
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Harmony
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harmony is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Buffington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buffington is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Free Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Ball Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ophir
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Holly Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hardman Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people
- Colemans Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Colemans Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Landing
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Corbin is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
- Funkhouser
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Rydal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bolivar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bolivar is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Allatoona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allatoona is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allatoona
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- White
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bartow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bartow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Interchange Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- McCallie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McCallie is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Sturbridge Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Noonday
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noonday is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
- Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
- Holly Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
- Cobb Place Manor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
- Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
- Chattahoochee Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chattahoochee Heights is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 3,207 people
- Mount Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Bethel is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bethel
- Kennesaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Trace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mitchell Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Acworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Calumet Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Kennesaw Acres
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Barrettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Dawsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Dunwoody West
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
- Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
- Dunwoody
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peachtree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Peachtree is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree
- Doraville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chamblee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
- North Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Atlanta is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Atlanta
- Northwoods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Northwoods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Tucker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Woods is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,265 people
- La Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- La Vista is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,200 people
- Montreal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montreal is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Cumming
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Chestatee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fields Crossroads is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Crossroads
- Litchfield Hundred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
- Mountain Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Lake Union Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Union Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Union Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,839 people
- Alpharetta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Preston Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Preston Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ridge
- Roswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ocee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ocee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocee
- Johns Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Montwicke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Montwicke is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montwicke
- Population from the 2010 Census: 886 people
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Whitestone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whitestone is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitestone
- Yukon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yukon is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Tickanetley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- East Ellijay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Fairmount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Igo is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
- Ranger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoraville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Farmville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Elmside Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Elmside Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside Village
- Berkeley Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Duluth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peachtree Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Suwanee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Norcross
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rest Haven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Berkeley Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley Hills is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,147 people
- Danbury Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Danbury Village is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury Village
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Gaines Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
- Gay Lan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gay Lan is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Lan
- Estimated population in 2019: 81 people
- Woodbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Woodbridge is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Absalom ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Absalom is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absalom
- Flowery Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summer Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Price
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Sardis Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blackshear Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- White Sands
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Murrayville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Dahlonega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Murray County
- Carters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carters is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters
- Paulding County
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cagle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Tate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marble Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Big Canoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jerusalem is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Talmadge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Talmadge is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmadge
- Estimated population in 2019: 257 people
- Hinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
- Talking Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ludville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ludville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White City, see our County-by-County Page for White City.
Cemeteries Near White City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White City.
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 White City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Ponder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder Cemetery
- The Ponder Cemetery has also been known as:
- Philadelphia Church Cemetery
- Pugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Becker Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Orange Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dowda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Log Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Keith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ball Ground Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- McHelen Baptist Church 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.<2>
While we didn't find White City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Keithsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Keithsburg is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keithsburg
- Batesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Batesville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Free Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Ball Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Creighton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Creighton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Drew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mica is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Sharp Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Top is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Top
- Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White City. See our List of 1890's Communities around White City.
Newspapers Published in White City ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around White City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White City, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 White City:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Cobb County
- Dawson County
- DeKalb County
- Forsyth County
- Fulton County
- Gilmer County
- Gordon County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Lumpkin County
- Murray County
- Paulding County
- Pickens 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 White City, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |