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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 Woody Acres (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 Woody Acres. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Woody Acres is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Bibb, Bleckley, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Pulaski & Twiggs.

Below are the counties that are near Woody Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woody Acres:

  • Houston County     (The home county of Woody Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Perry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Perry is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Woodard Estates
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Woodard Estates is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodard Estates
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,352 people
    • Kathleen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bonaire
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Centerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Stathams Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Stathams Landing is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stathams Landing
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,839 people
    • Warner Robins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinchfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Elberta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Elberta is located in Houston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberta
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,329 people
    • Elko
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Walden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Walden is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
    • Rutland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Rutland is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
      • Estimated population in 2019: 842 people
    • Vinson Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
    • Bloomfield Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
    • West Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • West Point is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
    • Brookhaven
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
      • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
    • Lizella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Macon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • East Macon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Macon is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Macon
    • Payne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Payne is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Wheeler Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Wheeler Heights is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Heights
    • Cross Keys
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Bleckley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Royal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Royal is located in Bleckley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,571 people
    • Cochran
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Allentown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Lee Pope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lee Pope is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Pope
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,055 people
    • Zenith
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Zenith is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenith
    • Knoxville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Roberta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Musella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Empire
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Empire is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Yonkers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Yonkers is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
  • Dooly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Unadilla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pinehurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dooling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooling is located in Dooly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
    • Byromville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lilly
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Vienna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Belvedere Manor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Belvedere Manor is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere Manor
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,152 people
    • Jones Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jones Acres is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,962 people
    • Griswoldville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Griswoldville is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
    • Mountain Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
    • Pitts
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pitts is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
      • Estimated population in 2019: 293 people
  • Macon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Marshallville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Montezuma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Oglethorpe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ideal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Bolingbroke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Russellville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Russellville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
  • Peach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Lakeview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Miami Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Miami Valley is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami Valley
    • Byron
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Fort Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Echeconnee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Echeconnee is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
    • Taylors Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Taylors Mill is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 224 people
    • Washington Square
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Washington Square is located in Peach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,963 people
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Hawkinsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Finleyson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Taylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Reynolds
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Butler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Twiggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.
    • Huber
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Huber is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber
    • Marion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Marion is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Dry Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jeffersonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Danville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Wilcox County
    • Pineview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woody Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Woody Acres.

Cemeteries Near Woody Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woody Acres.

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 Woody Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woody Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.

  • Garden of Memories Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • New Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Oaklevel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Perry Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Nebo Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Houston Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Houston Lake Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Perry.
  • Beulah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacob W. Pearce Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sullivan Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia Park South Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lamar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (312 more) ...
    • Tharpe Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kings Chapel AME Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Smith Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<4>

While we didn't find Woody Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woody Acres.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Woody Acres, with the one closest to Woody Acres listed first.

  • Heard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heard is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard
  • Perry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Perry is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
  • Tharpe ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Tharpe is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharpe
  • Kathleen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bonaire
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hayneville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hayneville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayneville
  • Grovania
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Grovania is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
  • Echeconnee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Echeconnee is located in Peach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echeconnee
  • Avondale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Avondale is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
  • Marshallville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Henderson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Henderson is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Elko
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Westlake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Westlake is located in Twiggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Walden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Walden is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
      • Estimated population in 2019: 964 people
    • Sofkee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sofkee is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofkee

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woody Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woody Acres.

Newspapers Published in Woody Acres ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woody Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woody Acres, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woody Acres.

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 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 Woody Acres:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woody Acres) 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 Woody Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.