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 Woodcraft (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 Woodcraft. 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.
Woodcraft 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 Woodcraft. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodcraft:
- Meriwether County (The home county of Woodcraft)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Harris City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Gay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Edman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Luthersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carrolls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Betts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Warm Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Whitesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Bexton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smith City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Grantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haralson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Turin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Newnan
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Jade Lake Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Sharpsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Senoia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- Newnan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sargent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Hamptons Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Peachtree City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Woolsey Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Fayette Villa Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fayette Villa Estates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Villa Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,991 people
- Woolsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Harp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Inman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keyland Woods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- McIntosh Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Tyrone Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tyrone Acres is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,506 people
- Fulton County
- Palmetto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Pine Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Shiloh
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hamilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Waverly Hall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cataula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Corinth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Glenn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Centralhatchee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- O'Neals Crossroad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Lamar County
- Milner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Molena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawrences Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hilltop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Williamson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Zebulon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Meansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Esmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Griffin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Experiment
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Orchard Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sunny Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Flint Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Talbotton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Mountville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Louise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Hogansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- LaGrange
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sassafrass Hills
(18 miles [29 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
- Sunny Point
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Rockwell Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Pioneer Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Barker Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Hannahs Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Delray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Lincoln Park
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Evansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodcraft, see our County-by-County Page for Woodcraft.
Cemeteries Near Woodcraft ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodcraft.
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 Woodcraft - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodcraft covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Greenville Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marchman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blount Peavy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenville City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brittain Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cousins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (556 more) ...
- McLaughin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Possum Trot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Woodcraft in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodcraft.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodcraft, with the one closest to Woodcraft listed first.
- Midway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Rocky Mount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Saint Marks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marks is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marks
- Harris City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Gay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alps is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alps
- Lone Oak
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Mountville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Luthersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raleigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grantville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Warm Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodcraft. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodcraft.
Newspapers Published in Woodcraft ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodcraft.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodcraft, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodcraft.
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 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 Woodcraft:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Meriwether County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Lamar County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers 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> | 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 Woodcraft, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Woodcraft) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |