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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wild. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wild to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wild, please Contact Us.
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 Wild (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 Wild. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wild is historic, it would have been located within present day Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County: Dawson, Fannin, Hall, Towns, Union & White.
Below are the counties that are near Wild. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wild:
- Lumpkin County (The home county of Wild)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Garland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Dahlonega
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Ophir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Ball Ground
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Free Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Free Home is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Home
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Dawsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lumpkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Barrettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Margret
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Newport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Craytonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Hemp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Morganton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Chestatee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Silver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cumming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Tickanetley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Cherry Log
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Path
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Rest Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rest Haven is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Buford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Raoul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Demorest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Baldwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cornelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clarkesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Mount Airy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turnerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Murrayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clermont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Land ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Price
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Whelchel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- Brookton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- The Bluffs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Hargrove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Sardis Shores
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- White Sands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Surf Side Club Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
- Gower Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gower Springs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
- Summer Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Summer Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Point
- Estimated population in 2019: 158 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Talmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pendergrass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Big Canoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marble Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nelson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cagle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cagle is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hiawassee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Suches
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Choestoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Owltown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Blairsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Bethlehem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Yonah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Helen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Robertstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wild, see our County-by-County Page for Wild.
Cemeteries Near Wild ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wild.
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 Wild - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wild covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Town Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slabtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Auraria Church of Almighty God Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walka Mtn. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reeves Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tesnatee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Wild in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wild.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wild, with the one closest to Wild listed first.
- Dahlonega
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Grace ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Porter Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Porter Springs is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Halfway ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halfway is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Tesnatee
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tesnatee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
- Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Willow ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Jay ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jay is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Murrayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Land ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Leo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wild. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wild.
Newspapers Published in Wild ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wild.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wild, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wild.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wild:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Lumpkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Forsyth County
- Gilmer County
- Gwinnett County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Pickens County
- Towns County
- Union County
- White County
- Clay County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wild, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wild) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |