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 Jester (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 Jester. 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.
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.
Jester is located in Lee 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 Lee County: Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Muscogee (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Jester. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jester:
- Lee County (The home county of Jester)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Blanton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Chewacla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Prince Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Gwen Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beauregard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- The Bottle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Marvyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Ridgewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Osanippa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eady City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Cusseta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Lanett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Boyds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- LaFayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Blackman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Macon County
- Society Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Ladonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Phenix City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hugley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hugley is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Fontaine Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Fort Mitchell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hatchechubbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Dudleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Camp Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Chattahoochee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Fort Benning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Harris County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Mountain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Cataula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Meriwether County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Warm Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Muscogee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Fortson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Bibb City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Glenns
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Maridale Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- City Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Wynnton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Branton Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- East Edgewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Midland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Talbot County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Box Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North West Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Pioneer Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Lake Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Rockwell Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Abbottsford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- LaGrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Evansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Sassafrass Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Mountville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Louise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jester, see our County-by-County Page for Jester.
Cemeteries Near Jester ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jester.
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 Jester - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jester covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lamb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- John Calhoun Tillery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bolton Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flint Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell Chapel AME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (353 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hephzibah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pitts Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Jester in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jester.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Beulah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beulah is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Osanippa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Mountain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Acton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Acton is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Cusseta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smith's Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Mulberry Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chewacla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Fortson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bayard is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jester. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jester.
Newspapers Published in Jester ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jester.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jester, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jester.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Jester:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Lee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Macon County
- Russell County
- Tallapoosa County
- Chattahoochee County
- Harris County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Talbot County
- Troup 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 Jester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Jester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |