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 Greenleas 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 Greenleas 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 Greenleas 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 Greenleas Heights: Greenleas Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Greenleas Heights, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Greenleas Heights may originally have been Greenlea's Heights.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Greenleas Heights might be written as Greenlea 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 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.
Greenleas Heights 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 Greenleas Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenleas Heights:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Greenleas Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Hooper City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hooper City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper City
- Bartonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Vulcan City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vulcan City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan City
- Tarrant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tarrant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,081 people
- Tarrant has also been known as:
- Tarrant City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarrant <2>
- Fultondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Birmingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Birmingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Pratt City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pratt City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt City
- Forestdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forestdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Avondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Pratt Mines ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pratt Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Mines
- Sandusky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Bibb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Green Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blocton Junction
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Warrior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- County Line
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Red Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Compton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Selfville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Reid's
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Reid's is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid's
- Dallas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Remlap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Blount Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blount Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Springs
- Adville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Arkadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arkadelphia is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkadelphia
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Estimated population in 2015: 273 people
- Black Bottom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Black Bottom is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- The Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- The Colony is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Damascus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Damascus is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Bremen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Woodland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Acmar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Moody
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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 <2>
- Parsons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Brompton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Argo
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Turnbough Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Margaret
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Springville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cook's Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Branchville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Odenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair Springs
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Bridgeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Inverness
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Lake Purdy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Meadowbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Indian Springs Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Shoal Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Dunavant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Pelham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tacoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tacoa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
- Falliston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Falliston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
- Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- East Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Logan Martin Dam
(30 miles [48.3 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 Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Tannehill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
- Bull City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
- Lake View
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abernant is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernant
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Quinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twilley Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilley Town
- Wyatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Yerkwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yerkwood is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkwood
- Burnwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwell is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwell
- Oakahalla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakahalla is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakahalla
- Sumiton
(17 miles [27.4 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 <2>
- Reeds Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Dora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Creel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Creel is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creel
- Empire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Empire is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Red Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Red Star is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
- Black Warrior Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Warrior Town is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Warrior Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenleas Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Greenleas Heights.
Cemeteries Near Greenleas Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenleas 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 Greenleas Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenleas Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- Walkers Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fraternal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enon Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knesses Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Inglenook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sheritt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23140 <3>
- Hodges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Crumley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- George Washington Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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 <3>
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 Greenleas Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenleas Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenleas Heights, with the one closest to Greenleas Heights listed first.
- North Birmingham
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Birmingham
- Lewisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lewisburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Bartonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Coalburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coalburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- Former name for Coalburg:
- Coalburgh
- Thomas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Birmingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Birmingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Vanderbilt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vanderbilt is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
- Sandusky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Pratt Mines ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pratt Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Mines
- Avondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Ensley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ensley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Gate City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- East Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenleas Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenleas Heights.
Newspapers Published in Greenleas 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 205 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenleas Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenleas Heights, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenleas Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Greenleas Heights:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Cullman County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Talladega County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker 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 Greenleas 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenleas Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |