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 Woodbury (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 Woodbury. 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.
Woodbury is located in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County: Coweta, Harris, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Woodbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodbury:
- Meriwether County (The home county of Woodbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Carrolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Betts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Edman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Harris City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Chalybeate Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Warm Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Lone Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Luthersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Haralson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Senoia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Grantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jade Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Sharpsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Newnan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Smokey Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Woolsey Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Woolsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Peachtree City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Inman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Harp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- McIntosh Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerslie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cataula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Heard County
- Corinth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Aldora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Milner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Goggins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Monroe County
- Culloden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Zebulon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Esmond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Griffin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Experiment
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Flint Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belleview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Talbotton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prattsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Junction City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Carsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Howard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Mountville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Louise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Hogansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- LaGrange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Rockwell Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sunny Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Graysons Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Barker Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Lincoln Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Thomaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Yatesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodbury, see our County-by-County Page for Woodbury.
Cemeteries Near Woodbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodbury.
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 Woodbury - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Walker Memory Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Memory Garden
- The Walker Memory Garden has also been known as:
- Walker Memorial Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Concord Cemetery
- Ware Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- The Brooks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fowler Family Cemetery
- Riggins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek Missionary Baptist (MB) Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Warm Springs.
- The Raleigh Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Raleigh UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258058 <2>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bishop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Cemetery
- The Bishop Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowman Bishop Family Cemetery
- Continue List (490 more) ...
- Bowman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waddell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Baptist Church 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodbury had a population of 369 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Woodbury had a population of 898 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodbury, with the one closest to Woodbury listed first.
- Raleigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Molena
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Hendricks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricks is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Neal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Gay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harris City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shiloh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Mount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodbury.
Newspapers Published in Woodbury ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodbury, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodbury.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Woodbury:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Meriwether County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Lamar County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Woodbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Woodbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |