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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 Worley Crossroads (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 Worley Crossroads. 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.

Name Variations for Worley Crossroads ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Worley Crossroads: Worley Xrds.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Worley Crossroads is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Bartow, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon & Pickens.

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

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Worley Crossroads)
  • Bartow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Worley Crossroads, with the one closest to Worley Crossroads listed first.
    • Funkhouser
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Funkhouser is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
      • Estimated population in 2019: 450 people
    • Bolivar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rydal
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Pine Log ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Corbin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Corbin is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
      • Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
    • White
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Interchange Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
    • McCallie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • McCallie is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCallie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,204 people
    • Buena Vista
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
    • Allatoona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Cartersville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Bartow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bartow is located in Bartow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartow
  • Cobb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Worley Crossroads, with the one closest to Worley Crossroads listed first.
    • Noonday
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Noonday is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
      • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
    • Holly Oaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Holly Oaks is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,442 people
    • Sturbridge Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sturbridge Village is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
    • Acworth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan Trace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
    • Mitchell Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
    • Cobb Place Manor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cobb Place Manor is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Place Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 357 people
    • Kennesaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Calumet Woods
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
    • Kennesaw Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
    • Mars Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
    • Shiloh West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh West is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh West
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Chattahoochee Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Chattahoochee Heights is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattahoochee Heights
      • Estimated population in 2018: 3,207 people
  • Dawson County
  • DeKalb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Worley Crossroads, with the one closest to Worley Crossroads listed first.
    • Dunwoody West
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
      • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
    • Dunwoody
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fannin County
  • Forsyth County
  • Fulton County
  • Gilmer County
  • Gordon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Worley Crossroads, with the one closest to Worley Crossroads listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Igo ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Igo is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
      • Estimated population in 2019: 359 people
    • Ranger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sonoraville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
    • Farmville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Buff ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Buff is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buff
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,522 people
    • Soapstick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Soapstick is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
    • New Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • New Town is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Damascus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Calhoun Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
    • Calhoun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Resaca Ferry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
  • Gwinnett County
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Worley Crossroads, with the one closest to Worley Crossroads listed first.
    • Gaines Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gaines Ferry is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines Ferry
    • Price
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lumpkin County
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Worley Crossroads, with the one closest to Worley Crossroads listed first.
    • Carters
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wells ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wells is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Ball Ground
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pickens County

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

Cemeteries Near Worley Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Worley Crossroads.

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 Worley Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Worley Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Worley Crossroads.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Worley Crossroads ...

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 Worley Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Worley Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Worley Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Worley Crossroads:

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 Worley Crossroads, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Worley Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.