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 Willowcrest (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 Willowcrest. 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 northwest 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 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.
Willowcrest 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 Willowcrest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willowcrest:
- Troup County (The home county of Willowcrest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Sassafrass Hills
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Rockwell Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sunny Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- LaGrange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Abbottsford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Evansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Whitfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Graysons Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Asta Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Louise
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Roopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Tyus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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 Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Grantville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Moreland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(25 miles [40.2 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Pine Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(23 miles [37 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
- Pine Mountain Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cataula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Frolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(25 miles [40.2 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 Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Lone Oak
(17 miles [27.4 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Luthersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Warm Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Gay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Betts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- 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
- Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talbot County
- Flint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 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 Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Evansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stroud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Lanett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plant City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Five Points
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Eady City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Doublehead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- River View
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lee County (AL)
- Blanton
(22 miles [35.4 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 Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Rock Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- High Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- West
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Sewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Forester Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wedowee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wadley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Graham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Frog Eye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- 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 Willowcrest, see our County-by-County Page for Willowcrest.
Cemeteries Near Willowcrest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willowcrest.
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 Willowcrest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willowcrest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- Tatum Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shadowlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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 north)
- Loyd Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fannin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newsom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (502 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wehadkee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reid Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Willowcrest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willowcrest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willowcrest, with the one closest to Willowcrest listed first.
- LaGrange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Long Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Evansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Gabbettville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Whitfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Owensbyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Finley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Finley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Troup Factory ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Troup Factory is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup Factory
- Mountville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Viola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willowcrest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willowcrest.
Newspapers Published in Willowcrest ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willowcrest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willowcrest, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willowcrest.
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 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 Willowcrest:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether 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 Willowcrest, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Willowcrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |