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 Green Acres 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 Green Acres 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 Green Acres 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Green Acres Estates: Green Acres Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Acres Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Acres 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Green Acres Estates is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Green Acres Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Acres Estates:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Green Acres Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Odenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Margaret
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Turnbough Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Branchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Acmar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Parsons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Argo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Cook's Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Brompton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Moody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Saint Clair Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Wattsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Straight Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Remlap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Appalachian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highland Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Compton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Allgood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dallas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Selfville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Oneonta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Adville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Little Warrior
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Warrior is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Warrior
- Locust Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Macon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Eastaboga
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ohatchee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Cochran Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Bynum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Morrisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Grayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Cullman County
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Nix ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Gallant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Altoona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Walnut Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Markton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Attalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benson ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Howelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howelton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howelton
- Ivalee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Rainbow City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Breakstone Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Ayres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Roper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Leeds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cahaba Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Trussville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lola City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Scott City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chalkville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Grayson Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grayson Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson Valley
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Dunnavant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Dunavant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Vandiver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sterrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Calcis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Bridgeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Shoal Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Harpersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Westover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Lake Purdy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Inverness
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Meadowbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Chelsea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- East Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Talladega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Childersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winterboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Grant Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bon Air
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Acres Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Green Acres Estates.
Cemeteries Near Green Acres Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Acres 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 Green Acres Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Acres Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Branchville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Austin Olds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moody Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moody Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Moody.
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Karr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mardis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Argo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Hollis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boykin Truitt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Green Acres Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Acres Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Acres Estates, with the one closest to Green Acres Estates listed first.
- Odenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Brompton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Cook's Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Argo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Moody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Wolf Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Pell City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Ayres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
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- Trussville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leeds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Acres Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Acres Estates.
Newspapers Published in Green Acres 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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Acres Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Acres Estates, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Acres Estates.
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 Green Acres Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Cullman County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Shelby County
- Talladega 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> | 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 Green Acres Estates, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Green Acres Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |