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 Batts Heights (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 Batts Heights. 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 Batts Heights ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Batts Heights: Batts Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Batts Heights, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Batts Heights may originally have been Batt's Heights.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Batts Heights might be written as Batt Heights.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Batts Heights is located in Limestone County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Batts Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Batts Heights:
- Limestone County (The home county of Batts Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Tanner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Orrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Harris Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Poplar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Ripley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Hay's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Belle Mina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Lentzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Capshaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Colbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Garner ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Ford City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Leighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Confluence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Dells Vista Shores
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Estep ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Rogersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <2>
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Cedar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Corum ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Elgin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Comer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Courtland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Courtland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Mountain Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Red Bank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Wheeler Dam Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Oakville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Town Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Muck City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Wren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Madison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harvest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Monrovia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Toney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rideout Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Madison Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Triana
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Elkwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Chelsea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <2>
- Moulton Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Trinity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Simpson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Russell Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Flint City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Burningtree Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Priceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Hartselle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Somerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Winton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Prospect
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ardmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Stella
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Dickson Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Minor Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Wheelerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Anthony Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Green Field
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Aymett Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Pisgah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Liberty Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Rascal Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Cash Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Camargo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Molino
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Batts Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Batts Heights.
Cemeteries Near Batts Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Batts Heights.
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 Batts Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Batts Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Burrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Round Island Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tanner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Proctor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (1068 more) ...
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem 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.<4>
While we didn't find Batts Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Batts Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Batts Heights, with the one closest to Batts Heights listed first.
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackburn is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- O'Neal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- O'Neal is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Harris Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Poplar Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Ripley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Cartwright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Hay's Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Decatur Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Greenbrier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Gipsy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gipsy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Lentzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <2>
- Mooresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Batts Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Batts Heights.
Newspapers Published in Batts Heights ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Batts Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Batts Heights, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Batts Heights.
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 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 Batts Heights:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Batts Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Batts Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |