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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lakewood Heights: Lakewood Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lakewood Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakewood 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Lakewood Heights is located in Russell 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 Russell County: Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Chattahoochee (GA), Muscogee (GA) & Stewart (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Lakewood Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakewood Heights:
- Russell County (The home county of Lakewood Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Phenix City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ladonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Fontaine Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Crawford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fort Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hugley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hugley is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Oswichee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Seale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Loflin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Loflin is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Hatchechubbee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
- Pittsview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Osanippa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Cusseta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Huguley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Lanett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boyds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Smith's Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Bleecker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Prince Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Chewacla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Marvyn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Beauregard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Gwen Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Bottle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Macon County
- Society Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Chattahoochee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Fort Benning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee
(12 miles [19.3 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Cusseta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Harris County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Cataula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Ellerslie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Waverly Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Juniper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Marion County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Muscogee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Bibb City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Maridale Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Glenns
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Twin Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Wynnton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- East Edgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Saint Marys Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Baker Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Village
- Stewart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Omaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Louvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Stewart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Talbot County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Box Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North West Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakewood Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Lakewood Heights.
Cemeteries Near Lakewood Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakewood 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 Lakewood Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakewood Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newsome Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeview Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Memory Gardens
- The Lakeview Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Lake View Memory Gardens
- Girard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greater Beallwood Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edmonds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Felix Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Porterdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colored Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Lakewood Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakewood Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakewood Heights, with the one closest to Lakewood Heights listed first.
- Ladonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Girard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Girard is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Columbus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Muscogee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Muscogee is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Smith's Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Esquiline ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Esquiline is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esquiline
- Crawford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Schatulga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fortson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Acton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ochillee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Midland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mulberry Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakewood Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood Heights.
Newspapers Published in Lakewood 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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakewood Heights, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakewood Heights.
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 Lakewood Heights:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Russell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Chattahoochee County
- Harris County
- Marion County
- Muscogee County
- Stewart 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 Lakewood Heights, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lakewood Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |