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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 Zebulon (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 Zebulon. 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 Zebulon ...

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.

In past government published Postal Guides, Zebulon was referred to as Zebulon Courthouse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Zebulon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Zebulon.

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.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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.

Zebulon is located in Pike County and is the County Seat.

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 Pike County: Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding & Upson.

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

  • Pike County     (The home county of Zebulon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zebulon, with the one closest to Zebulon listed first.
    • Meansville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Williamson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Concord
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hilltop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Hilltop is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Molena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawrences Mill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
  • Butts County
  • Clayton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zebulon, with the one closest to Zebulon listed first.
    • Lovejoy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bonanza
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bonanza is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Irondale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Irondale is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Clayton Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Clayton Ridge is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Ridge
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,193 people
    • Jonesboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fox Run
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Riverdale Acres
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Riverdale Acres is located in Clayton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,594 people
  • Coweta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zebulon, with the one closest to Zebulon listed first.
    • Haralson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Senoia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jade Lake Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
    • Turin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sharpsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bexton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bexton is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
    • Smith City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Smith City is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
    • Moreland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grantville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • East Newnan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Newnan is located in Coweta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
  • Crawford County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zebulon, with the one closest to Zebulon listed first.
    • Brooks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Woolsey Woods
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Woolsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Woolsey is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Inman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Foreston Place
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
    • Harp
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Keyland Woods
      (21 miles [33.8 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
    • Hamptons Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
    • McIntosh Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
    • Fayetteville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Peachtree City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Blakely Woods
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Blakely Woods is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely Woods
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,571 people
    • Tinsley Mill Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
  • Harris County
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zebulon, with the one closest to Zebulon listed first.
    • Hampton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blacksville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Blacksville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
    • McDonough
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakwood Manor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Oakwood Manor is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Manor
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,156 people
    • Tunis ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Tunis is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
      • Estimated population in 2019: 910 people
    • Highland Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Highland Village is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
  • Lamar County
  • Meriwether County
  • Monroe County
  • Spalding County
  • Talbot County
  • Taylor County
  • Upson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zebulon, with the one closest to Zebulon listed first.
    • Delray
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hannahs Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
    • The Rock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Barker Spring
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Thomaston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
    • Yatesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Salem is located in Upson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem

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

Cemeteries Near Zebulon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zebulon.

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 Zebulon - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Zebulon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Zebulon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Flat Rock Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Kendrick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Milner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Fincher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Reid Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nazareth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sikes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (476 more) ...
    • Pitts & Green Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hale Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Beckham Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Zebulon had a population of 315 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Zebulon had a population of 1,223 people.

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

  • Weaver ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Weaver is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Jolly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jolly is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
  • Meansville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Beeks ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beeks is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
  • Concord
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rover is located in Spalding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
  • Neal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Neal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Hollonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hollonville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollonville
  • Zetella
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Zetella is located in Spalding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zetella
  • Delray
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Griffin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Molena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Rock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vaughn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Vaughn is located in Spalding County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Zebulon ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zebulon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Zebulon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Zebulon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Zebulon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Zebulon.

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 Zebulon:

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>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 Zebulon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Zebulon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.