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 Atlanta (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 Atlanta. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Atlanta is located in Pickaway County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pickaway County: Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Madison & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Atlanta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atlanta:
- Pickaway County (The home county of Atlanta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Williamsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Holland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grange Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Pherson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Circleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elmwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Matville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- South Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Commercial Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- South Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Sabina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Stoutsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Amanda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lithopolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Cook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Bloomingburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Washington Court House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Yatesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Hagler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Jeffersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Octa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Harrisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Darbydale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Grove City Country Club
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Lockbourne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Grove City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Galloway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Obetz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Bowersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Grape Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Bridges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Barretts Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Laurelville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Apple
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Range
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- South Solon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- London
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gillivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gillivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillivan
- Summerford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Spellman Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Cynthiana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Peck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Clarksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Yellowbud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Frankfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roxabell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Andersonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Musselman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Lattaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Riton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Bourneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atlanta, see our County-by-County Page for Atlanta.
Cemeteries Near Atlanta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atlanta.
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 Atlanta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Atlanta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Grant Campbell Farm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tanquary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tarbill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lewis Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alkire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arron Kellar Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester Cemetery
- The Jester Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grimes Cemetery
- New Holland Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland Union Cemetery
- The New Holland Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Holland Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Hebron Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (522 more) ...
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Britton Chaffin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lutz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutz Cemetery
- The Lutz Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dennis Cemetery
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 Atlanta had a population of 74 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Williamsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Holland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Woodlyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlyn is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlyn
- Pancoastburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pancoastburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancoastburg
- Kinderhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Pherson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Manara
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manara is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manara
- Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Greenland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Kingfred ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kingfred is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
- McLean
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atlanta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atlanta.
Newspapers Published in Atlanta ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atlanta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atlanta, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Atlanta.
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 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 Atlanta:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pickaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Atlanta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Atlanta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |