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Welcome to Greenleas Heights ...

Greenleas Heights is located in Jefferson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Greenleas Heights: Greenleas Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Greenleas Heights for more information about variations on the name of Greenleas Heights.

Greenleas Heights is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Greenleas Heights lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Greenleas Heights: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Greenleas Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Greenleas Heights.

  • Birmingham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bessemer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Homewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pelham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Trussville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Center Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Greenleas Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenleas Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Greenleas Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenleas Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenleas Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Greenleas Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greenleas Heights ...

Looking for more information about Greenleas Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Greenleas Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Greenleas Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Greenleas Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Greenleas Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Greenleas Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.