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 Crest Estates (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 Crest Estates. 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 Crest Estates ...
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 Crest Estates: Crest Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Crest Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crest Estates.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Crest Estates is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Crest Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crest Estates:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Crest Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Oxmoor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Shannon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Ishkooda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ishkooda is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishkooda
- Hoover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mason City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mason City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Homewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vestavia Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Winetka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Winetka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winetka
- West End
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West End is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Lipscomb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,110 people
- Roosevelt - Cairo Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Eddings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eddings is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
- Green Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton Junction
- Blocton Junction has also been known as:
- Blockton Junc
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Woodstock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Bibb
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Bibb is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bibb
- Seymour
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seymour is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Belle Ellen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Ellen is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ellen
- Nash Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nash Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
- Burmah ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burmah is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmah
- Italian Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Italian Town is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
- Brierfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blocton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Warrior
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- County Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Red Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Compton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Selfville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Remlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Woodland Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Moody
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Acmar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Brompton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Parsons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Vincent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Argo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Margaret
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Cook's Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Indian Springs Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Springs Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
- Inverness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Meadowbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Tacoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Lake Purdy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Falliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pelham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Bamford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bamford is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
- Shoal Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Alabaster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tulse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tulse is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- East Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Childersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Tannehill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Lake View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Abernant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Bull City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Kellerman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kellerman is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerman
- Vance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Quinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Yerkwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Reeds Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Wyatt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Burnwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Oakahalla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Dora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Sumiton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sumiton is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumiton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,330 people
- Former names for Sumiton:
- Commercial
- Democrat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumiton <1>
- Barney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barney is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Creel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Dovertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dovertown is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovertown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crest Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Crest Estates.
Cemeteries Near Crest Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crest Estates.
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 Crest Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crest Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Shadowlawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Grace Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grace Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Grace Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The New Grace Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grace Hill Cemetery
- New Grace Hill Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23071 <2>
- Grace Community Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Community Church Cemetery
- The Grace Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mars Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138568 <2>
- Jefferson Garden of Memories
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Croft Acton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Elmwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elm Leaf Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22674 <2>
- Valhalla Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brighton Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Memorial Gardens
- The Brighton Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Brighton Cemetery
- Sadlers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (363 more) ...
- Southern Heritage Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southern Heritage Cemetery
- The Southern Heritage Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rideout Southern Heritage Cemetery
- Ridout Southern Heritage Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Acton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Crest Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crest Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crest Estates, with the one closest to Crest Estates listed first.
- Oxmoor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oxmoor is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxmoor
- Ishkooda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ishkooda is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishkooda
- Ware
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Powderly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powderly is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderly
- Spaulding
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spaulding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Duncan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Hillman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Sloss
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sloss is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloss
- Woodward Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Woodward Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Junction
- Brickyard Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brickyard Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Junction
- Bessemer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ensley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ensley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensley
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Blue Creek Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Creek Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek Junction
- Morgan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Avondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crest Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crest Estates.
Newspapers Published in Crest Estates ...
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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crest Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crest Estates, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crest Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Crest Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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 Crest Estates, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crest Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |