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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Yancey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Yancey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yancey, please Contact Us.
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 Yancey (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 Yancey. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Yancey is historic, it would have been located within present day Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Yancey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yancey:
- Floyd County (The home county of Yancey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Cave Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robealou Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Lindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oreburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Atlanta Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rosemont Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Taylorsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Euharlee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Cassville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Country Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Adairsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rodgers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cartersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Chattoogaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Lyerly
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Berryton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Zula ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Summerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pennville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Menlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cloudland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Plainville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Felton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tallapoosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Budapest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Budapest is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budapest
- Morgan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Braswell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Cedartown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Seney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Grady ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aragon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockmart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Dailey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Collins ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collins is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abernathy is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Nances Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nances Creek is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nances Creek
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Tecumseh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Rock Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Howells Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Noah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Exie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Exie is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
- Tucker Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads
- Cedar Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Palestine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Grantley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Muscadine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Muscadine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscadine
- Fruithurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Lickskillet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Adamsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Sigsbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Dog Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dog Town is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Etowah County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Banner is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Ballplay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ballplay is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Hale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hale is located in Etowah County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yancey, see our County-by-County Page for Yancey.
Cemeteries Near Yancey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yancey.
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 Yancey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yancey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Montgomery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bush Arbor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Community Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hemphill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chubb Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bobo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Six Mile Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain End Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Yancey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yancey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Landers ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Cunningham
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Vans Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vans Valley is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Valley
- Foster Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Foster Mills is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Mills
- Cave Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Reeseburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Melson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melson is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melson
- Lake Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lindale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Rome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Atlanta Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Oreburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yancey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yancey.
Newspapers Published in Yancey ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yancey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yancey, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yancey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Yancey:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Etowah County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Yancey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Yancey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |